Send money to inmates easily to buy items from the commissary

The inmate location tool which is available allows you not only to find your convicted inmate but also send money in Inmate commissary deposit.

However, before depositing the money, get to know why exactly your inmate needs money? Or what are the needs of your inmate from commissary? Or what items does Securus inmate commissary have? Or how can you send the money that will reach your inmate on time?

For all the above questions the inmate tracking tool has perfect answers,

Lets first see what commissary is and what are the products availed there that are useful for the inmates.

Securus inmate commissaryis a shop inside the facility where inmates can buy various items. Well, the buying or shopping is not like regular shopping where we go to a supermarket, grab the essential necessities pay the money and return.

The facility commissary has different rules. Here the inmates make the list of items needed and stan in the line of the commissary. When an inmates turn comes, he hands the list to the concerned person and waits. The box filled with the specific items needed by the inmate is then handed over.

The commissary provides items like chips, cookies, coffee, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, oil, canned food, and so on. Sometimes, in special cases or on the request to the judges, the things like shoes, writing pad and pen or typewriter, hot pot, a fan can also be made available.

How to deposit or transfer the money to an inmate for commissary?

There is a specific account for each of the inmate known as the commissary account. Whatever money the inmate earns or gets deposited from whoever is outside goes in that account.

There are basically three ways from which the inmate can get money in their accounts.

Ø By working in the facility

Ø By any legal settlement, and

If some relative or a friend deposits the money.

Rules for sending money toinmates account differ from prison to prison, whichever be the way, the common thing is that you have to know very crucial stuff like,

· Inmates full name

· Inmates identification number

· Name of the facility in which an inmate is convicted.

The maximum amount to be deposited, as the rules of the amount of money to be deposited, are different for every facility.

You can transfer the money to an inmates commissary account by any means like

· Credit card

· Debit card

· Online transactions like pay pal

· Directly from your bank account to your inmate's commissary or inmates trust account

You can also transfer money in pigeonly wallet and then fund the inmate's account or calling account.

The calling account is for the inmate so that he can make calls when required.

The money you send goes in the inmate's commissary account, and once the payment is transferred, the inmate then makes a list of things needs. The items vary from eating items to hygiene products and from accessories like shoes or fans to constructive material like a pen, a paper pad, or a typewriter.

Though there are restrictions on how much money you can deposit in the inmate's commissary account, still, whatever cash is allowed might be enough for them to own their basic necessities.

The commissary is held twice in a month, once in fifteen days. So, you can send the money twice in the month at very reasonable transfer rates. With the help of the cash you deposit, your inmate can buy the things which might make is life, less miserable.

Prison life is hard, and you can provide a lot of moral support as well as money to go through the hardships during the period of their conviction.