The Jail has contracted with Smart Communications to install Kiosks/Portable Kiosks in all housing units and will be available to inmates for outside and internal communications.
Video Visitation is a service provided for family and friends to visit an inmate currently housed at the Putnam County Jail
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Remote Video Visitation
Family and friends can visit from the comfort of your home using a personal computer. You must set up an account by logging onto Smart Jail Mail prior to initiating a visit. You may attempt to conduct a visit any time during visitation hours. Visits are 15 or 30 minutes in duration, and cost .10 per minute.
Video on Demand (Inmate Initiated)
Inmates at the Jail can schedule a video visitation session with family and friends. Calls must be answered within a 3 minute window at the receiving end.
Visitation Rules
All visits will be monitored and recorded.
The director of corrections or designee may deny visitation to an inmate or visitor to maintain the safety, security or good order of the facility.
All minor children, age 17 and under, will be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian at all times. Minor children will not be left unattended on the premises while an adult visits.
No sharing of visits between inmates is allowed. Sharing a visit with another inmate will result in termination of the visit and possible visitation suspension.
The behavior of visitors and inmates will be closely monitored. Loud speech, boisterousness, obscene behavior or language will not be tolerated and may result in termination of visit.
Visitation may be terminated at any time at the discretion of sheriff’s office staff.
Visitors suspected of being under the influence will have visitation terminated.
DRESS CODE
No see through or revealing clothing.
No visible underwear.
VISTIATION HOURS
Remote video visitation and on demand visitation
7 days a week - 8 a.m. - 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m., 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Make sure not to schedule visits during the times Inmate Workers are working. The inmate is responsible for letting you know these times.
Family and friends are encouraged to communicate with their loved ones incarcerated at the jail. The mail is a good resource for maintaining that line of communication.
The Putnam County Jail has contracted with Smart Communications to install Kiosks/Portable Kiosks in all housing units and will be available to inmates for outside and internal communications.
To maintain security and safety of the inmates and staff, all inmate mail MUST be sent to the following address:
Smart Communications / Putnam County
Inmate First Name Inmate Last Name Inmate ID #
(John Smith #123456 example inmate)
PO Box 9151
Seminole, FL 33775-9151
The Inmate Name and ID Number must be clearly PRINTED on the outside of the envelope or postcard, to ensure the mail is posted to the correct account. Mail not containing the inmate ID Number and the Name will be “Returned to Sender”
All regular inmate postal mail (Postcards, Letters, Greeting Cards, etc.) will be scanned into the system and available to the inmates to view their postal mail via the inmate Kiosks/Portable Kiosks.
Please be advised that when you mail an item, the original document will be destroyed. Concerning important documents like marriage certificates, birth certificates, social security cards and pictures, please do not mail original documents. You should only mail copies of these documents or pictures that you do not need returned. These will be scanned into the electronic system and destroyed after 30 days.
Upon release inmates can login to the public website at: https://www.smartjailmail.com/ and enter their inmate number and password and download their photos, messages, and postal mail for FREE up to 30 days.
Incoming and outgoing mail will not be rejected based on its contents, unless the mail falls under one of the following criteria:
Any photos depicting gang symbols/signs, nudity, lewd behavior
Any material which contains codes, blackmail, extortion, contraband, threats, or information about another inmate
Any material which contains plans of criminal activities, maps, or plots to escape, and any material which communicates information designed to encourage inmates to disrupt the jail by strikes, riots, fights, racial or religious hatred, or other prohibited acts
Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein
Publications which advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States or of a state, or which advocate violence or rebellion against government authority, under which the inmate is held
Any publication which may adversely affect the security of the jail or the safety of the persons therein
Inmate to inmate correspondence within the facility or through outside channels is prohibited
Any violation of the above will result in the suspension and/or termination of the registered users account
Effective December 1, 2021, all legal correspondence shall be mailed to the following address:
Inmate First Name Inmate Last Name Inmate ID #
(John Smith #123456 example inmate)
130 Orie Griffin Blvd., Palatka, FL 32177
Legal mail from an inmate’s attorney on record shall be clearly identifiable and marked appropriately as legal mail. All legal mail will be opened in the presence of the inmate and scanned into the inmate’s legal mail account.
