To make it easier for family and friends to stay-connected with their loved one in prison, JPay offers a JPay tablet used by inmates. With enriched features, JPay allows an inmate to make a phone call, send an email, access education content, purchase media, etc.
JPay launched three tablet models and of course, you can purchase one of these models for your loved one. If you want to purchase a JPay tablet model for an inmate but you don’t know how to do so, you shouldn’t worry, since we’ll show the guide for you below. Let’s check it out!
Purchasing a JPay Tablet for an Inmate, Here’s How!
Purchasing a JPay tablet for an inmate is pretty easy to do. However, you can only purchase one of the tablet models available in the facility, since the available tablet models and application services will vary by state or agency.
If you really want to purchase a JPay tablet for your loved one in prison, you can do the following steps:
- First, you should log into your JPay account.
- After login, you need to choose an inmate from the home screen.
- Then, you need to choose ‘Media’.
- In the following page, you should select the ‘Buy a JPay Player’ option and then click the ‘Buy Now’ button.
- After that, you need to choose the player and click ‘Continue’.
- In the next step, you should enter your payment information and then click the ‘Submit’ button.
Okay, you successfully purchased a JPay tablet. After making a purchase, your JPay order will start processing and be delivered to an inmate within 45 business days based on availability and facility schedules.
How to Allow an Inmate to Buy Contents on a JPay Tablet?
After a JPay tablet is received by an inmate, they can then purchase any contents on the JPay tablet. The contents here are such as movies, music and songs, albums, TV, games, etc. It’s important to note, not all contents would be available at all agencies.
To allow your loved one to purchase any contents on JPay, you need to fund their Media Account. It is known that Media Account on JPay or also known as JPay Credits is an account that is managed by an inmate.
With their Media Account, they will be able to purchase the following:
- A Tablet
- Songs and music albums
- Games
- (Rent) movies
- Stamps
- Printout
To fund their Media Account, you can choose one of the following methods:
- Login or create an account on JPay.
- Make a phone call at 800-574-5729 to talk to a customer service representative.
- Payments or Money Transfers sent to the agency, so the funds will be available the next day or sooner.
What Are the Features Available on the JPay Tablet?
Since JPay launched three tablet models, of course, each model will have excellent features. In general, all of the JPay tablet models have universal features and benefits, here are they:
- Making a phone call
- Sending and receiving emails VideoGrams and eCards
- Increasing their education with course material, podcasts and eBooks
- Accessing and purchasing music, rent movies, play games,
- Reading daily news
For JP5 Mini and JP5s, there are a number of advanced features and apps available on a JPay tablet, here are they:
- Touchscreen and portable
- Simple to use and easy to understand
- Improved email program
- New music app includes ability to create playlists
- Includes photo gallery, calculator, FM radio, notepad, calendar apps and stopwatch
- Includes accessories like screen protector, earbuds, and batteries or charger
- Expanded game selection and game store
- JPay’s Lantern education and KA Lite apps
- Media and Video store
- eBook reader
- New
How Much Does a JPay Tablet Cost?
Since the availability of a JPay tablet depends on the state or facility, of course, the price of a JPay tablet will also vary depending on state. To see how much a JPay tablet costs, you need to log into your JPay account and see which options are available for you to purchase for your loved one in prison.
According to money.cnn.com, JPay offers a JPay tablet with the price of $69.99 that can be purchased by an inmate from a kiosk in the facility or their family or friends of an inmate purchase it for them.
Reportedly, approximately 60,000 tablets of JP5 mini’s 2010 predecessor, the JP4 are currently used in 11 states. Well, the revamped tablet is superior in terms of speed, graphics and computing power and it also has four times the storage capacity at 32 GB.
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