Check a facility before you start

Some facilities don't allow outside services. Tell us where your person is, and we'll check and get back to you.

The full name of the prison or jail, and the state.

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If you sign up and their facility later blocks outside messages, we pause your service. You aren't charged for the pause, and we text you when it's back.