If your loved one is incarcerated, you surely want to make sure that they still can get your attention even though they are far from you. One of the attention forms that you may want to share with them is depositing money to them. By depositing money to an inmate, the inmate can use the money for buying some stuff such as commissary items.
Some people may think of depositing money as much as they can for the inmate so that the inmate can use the money for anything that the inmate wants. However, this thought is not true. You are not allowed to send or deposit money for an inmate as much as you want. There is a limitation for this.
The Limit of Transferring Money to an Inmate through JailATM
As explained on the JailATM website, they limit any one inmate a maximum of $300.00 a week. So, it is not permitted to exceed $300.00 from any combination of deposits from one or more JailATM users between the calendar week of Sunday to Saturday. Why do they set the limit? The limit is set in order for JailATM to obey the Anti-Money Laundering Act. In addition, the limit is also set with the aim to prevent other forms of fraud.
However, the important note is that this deposit limit may vary by facility. So, if you want to know the exact limit of depositing money for an inmate, you are able to contact the facility.
The Other Restrictions Related to Transferring Money
When you deposit money for an inmate through JailATM, you also need to pay attention to the payment methods which are accepted by JailATM. If we check on the website of the JailATM, it is informed that now JailATM can only accept Visa and MasterCard cards for payment methods. Nevertheless, other cards may work, but JailATM does not support any cards that are not these cards and they also cannot support Prepaid Cards.
The other thing that you need to know about depositing money to an inmate is that depositing money for an inmate through JailATM is not free. There is a fee that will be charged anytime you deposit money. You may wonder about the fee of depositing money. Well, it varies in each facility. However, you do not need to worry because you are able to see the fee after you search for the inmate that you are making the deposit to when you send money. In that stage, you will be required to confirm the total amount. If you do not confirm it, the transaction will not be processed.
Can we know the inmate’s balance? No, you cannot. It is because of privacy issues so that you are not allowed to know any account activity of the inmate. If you want to know the balance inquiries, you are able to contact the facility. However, you also need to note that the facility has the right to withhold this private information with the aim to protect the inmate.
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