Oregon

In Oregon DOC, phone/tablet funds and commissary (trust) funds are separate accounts, and they are used for different things. Oregon DOC lists JPay, ICS Corrections (with Access Corrections for trust deposits), and Telmate as contracted companies you may see, and it also says friends and family can request deposit details or general information about AIC Trust Accounts from Central Trust. If you are working with a county jail, confirm with that jail which account you are funding and which payment methods they accept.

Do not mail cash, and do not assume a personal check will be accepted. Clatsop County Jail states that money sent by mail must be a cashier’s check or money order and that cash should not be mailed, and it also states personal checks are not accepted and will be held in property until release. If you need another option, Clatsop also states cash can be deposited at a lobby kiosk, but a fee applies and ID is required.

Umatilla County states that all regular mail must be sent to ViaPath for processing before it is distributed at the facility. It gives an example mailing address of: Umatilla Co. Jail, OR, Inmate name & booking #, POB 247, Pheonix, MD 21131. Umatilla County also states that books must be sent directly from a vendor.

Expect set visit windows and limits, but confirm locally because Oregon varies by facility. Oregon DOC lists visit windows that include Friday evening and AM and PM sessions on weekends and holidays. As a county example, Clatsop County lists weekend visiting hours and states each person in custody gets one visit per week, up to 60 minutes.

For help completing an Oregon DOC visiting application, ODOC provides a visiting application help phone number. ODOC also lists an email address for visiting-related submissions. If you are appealing a denial, follow the instructions you received with the denial notice and use the official ODOC visitor services contacts for submission.