How to Wire Money to Jail Inmates

Do you know of an inmate that needs wired money? Many jails will allow you to wire money to jail inmates. The key is to know the rules of the correction facility when it comes to sending money to inmates. How do you wire money to jail inmates?

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. The first step to wire money to jail inmates is to check with the correctional facility and make certain that they allow wire money transfers. Some places won't allow money to be sent to inmates this way.

2. Find out if the facility requires you to obtain any special permission forms to wire money. If they do, get the wire money prison form and fill it out and return by the instructions on the form.

3. Ask the staff if there is a transaction fee charged for processing the wired money. If so, make certain to include this in the amount of money you're wiring.

4. Find out from the staff if there is a special code for putting on the wired money to make certain it reaches the correct person.

5. Another important piece of information you will need is an account number for the wired money. Many of the facilities have a special account that is specifically for jail inmate funds. If they have this policy in place, you'll need the account number to successfully wire the money.

6. Once you have all the information that you need to wire the money, go to a location that does wire money transfers. Fill out the forms and pay to send the wire money. You can also do wire money transfers on the Internet. You'll need to use the computer prompts from the website that you choose to wire money from.

Tips & Warnings

• Make certain you have the rules and any information that you need to put on the wire money transfer before you start the process of wiring money to inmates.