Send Money to Piscataquis County Jail. What We Know & What to Confirm

What We Could Confirm

The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office publishes clear rules on visiting and on what personal items an inmate can keep, but its website does not name a commissary vendor, an online payment portal, or a phone deposit line for sending money to an inmate’s account. That’s a real gap in what’s publicly available, not something we’re guessing around.

What to Ask When You Call

Call (207) 564-3304 and ask the following before you attempt to send any money:

1. What is the current approved way to deposit money into an inmate’s account? Online, by phone, by mail, or in person at the jail.
2. Is there a fee, and if so, how much?
3. Is there a limit on how much can be deposited at one time or per week?
4. How long does it take for a deposit to post to the account?
5. Can I send a money order directly to the jail, and if so, who should it be made out to?

Having these answers before you try to send money avoids a deposit that gets rejected, delayed, or sent to the wrong place.

Why We’re Not Naming a Specific Vendor

Some aggregator websites that cover jail information list specific companies, such as TouchPay, JPay, or GTL/ConnectNetwork, as the vendor for Piscataquis County Jail. We could not confirm any of these against the Sheriff’s Office’s own website or any other official Piscataquis County source. Naming an unconfirmed vendor as fact risks sending you to the wrong place or the wrong account, so we’re telling you directly to confirm this by phone instead.

Personal Checks and Cash by Mail

The jail’s published rules on inmate personal items don’t separately describe how a mailed check or cash deposit is handled, beyond stating that personal mail and photos are allowed in a reasonable amount. Don’t mail cash. If a money order or check is an option, confirm the correct payee name and any submission instructions directly with the jail before mailing anything.

Watch Out for Release-Fee Scams

Regardless of what you learn about the actual deposit process, know this: no legitimate jail official, sheriff’s deputy, or state police officer will ever call you asking for money over the phone to release someone or resolve a warrant, and none will ask for payment through gift cards, Venmo, or PayPal. If you get a call like this, don’t give out any payment information. Hang up and call the jail directly at (207) 564-3304 to verify before doing anything.

If the Person Transfers

If someone housed at Piscataquis County Jail transfers to another facility, such as a Maine Department of Corrections facility or another county jail, their account and any funds on it typically follow them to the new facility, though the exact handling isn’t published for this jail specifically. Confirm directly with (207) 564-3304 if a transfer is involved.

What the Money Is For

Once you’ve confirmed a way to send funds, the money generally goes toward commissary items and any other account uses the jail allows. See the phone calls guide for what to ask about a separate phone account, since jail commissary money and phone funding aren’t always the same account.