You may want to send money or emails to someone who is incarcerated. But, you may wonder whether inmates can get JPay on weekends or not. If not, you may decide to send them something on weekdays. Well, let’s find out about it here.
Whether or Not Inmates Get JPay on Weekends
According to the official website of JPay, exactly in the Sending Email page, after you have bought stamps, you are able to send emails to the inmate or offender that you want. Then, your emails will be sent in one or two business days but never on weekends or holidays. From this explanation, it seems that inmates cannot get JPay on weekends.
However, someone in the Write Prisoner forum said that based on his experience with an inmate in California who uses JPay, they send on weekends. For making sure whether or not inmates can get JPay on weekends, you are able to contact the customer service of JPay.
How Long Does to Take To Receive an Email in JPay for in an Inmate?
Usually, inmates receive their email in 24 to 48 hours. Then, they are able to respond electronically. For your information, inmates have no access to the internet. So, the email service of JPay works a little differently than your email program at home. If you feel that it is so long to wait your inmate to respond your email, the reason may be because of this.
Inmates will be able to get their emails according to a schedule which is set by their faculty. Also, emails must obey the same screening and delivery rules which apply to traditional mail.
How to Send Email in JPay
If you want to send an email to your incarcerated one, you can do that through JPay. However, you have to make sure that the facility where your loved one is incarcerated use JPay and also provide email service. It is because not all services are available for all facilities. If you want to know what services are provided by a facility, you are able to access the Availability and Pricing page on the JPay website and then you have to search for the facility that you want. Also, you have to make sure that you have chosen the correct inmate or offender for the service that you want. On the home page of JPay, in the Inmate/ Offender list, you have to choose the inmate/ offender that you want.
You have to log into your JPay account to be able to send email. Here are the steps for sending email through JPay.
- The first thing that you have to do after you log into your JPay account is to click on Email on the JPay home page exactly on the Navigation menu.
- Then, when you are on the Compose page, you have to enter the content for your email.
- In this step, you are able to attach an image, a video or a VideoGram. If you want to attach an image, you have to click on the Attach Image. If you want to attach a video, you have to click on Attach Video. However, if you want to attach a VideoGram, you have to click on Record Video.
- After that, you have to click on the Send button to send your email. If there is no Send button, it means that you have not bought enough stamps for the email that you want to send. So, you have to make sure that you have enough stamps for sending your email.
Before you send your email, you may be able to preview it. You are able to do it by clicking on the Preview button. Then, it will show your email as a Pdf.
For your information, stamps are like regular postage stamps. If you want to send an email to an inmate, it requires you to buy a JPay stamp. If your email is longer, then it will more stamps that you need so that your email will be successfully sent. If you want to attach some files such as photos, VideoGram and others, it also require you additional stamps.
About JPay
The process of corrections are challenging where you have to deal with the absence of a friend or a family member who now become an inmate. Also, you have to deal with the pressure of making your next restitution or supervision payment. With JPay, it will be easier to do. You are able to use JPay to make you easier in doing something with an inmate such as sending money, sending email, doing video visitation and many more. But, what is JPay?
JPay is a service provider which can help you to be able to keep in touch with your loved one who is incarcerated.This provider provides a number of services related to corrections. This company cooperates with county jails, state Departments or Corrections and private federal prisons to provide technologies and services. The services that you are able to use from JPay include sending email, money transfers, video visitation, and parole and probation payments.
Ryan Shapiro is the founder of this company. In 2002, this company was begun and the headquarters at first was in New York. Then, in 2005, the company moved the headquarters to Miami. And then, in 2011, the headquarters of this company has been moved from Miami to Miramar, Florida.
From time to time, JPay develops the services. In 2009, JPay offered an inmate MP3 player, the JP3 and a library of music tracks to buy. Then, in the 2012, JPay launched a tablet, the JP4 which is designed for the corrections industry. It enables inmates to read and draft emails, listen to music and also play games. Besides, it also permits inmates to be able to view and attach photos and videograms.
So, if you feel that it is a little bit difficult for you to send something to your loved one who is incarcerated, then you can use the help of JPay.
