Commissary and bail run through two different companies here, and the bail one wants four pieces of information most families do not have to hand. Send photos and letters too.
Send photos and letters too
Ulster gives you three ways to put money on a commissary account, which is more choice than most, including one that still works with no card and no smartphone. Bail is a separate system with a separate company, and it asks for details you will want to collect before you sit down to pay.
The county names Access Corrections outright, which is more than many counties manage, and publishes three ways to use it.
Online or by phone. Deposit through the Access Corrections website, or ring 866-345-1884, where Spanish is also spoken.
The kiosk at the jail. There is a kiosk at Reception in the facility itself. That is the route for somebody visiting anyway.
A certified money order. Made out in your person’s name. This is the one worth knowing about, because it needs no card, no account and no smartphone, and plenty of families need exactly that.
Access Corrections also lists over 800 kiosk locations beyond the jail, so there may be one closer to you than Kingston.
Every route needs their inmate ID number, and the county tells you where to get it: ask the desk officer if you do not know it.
That single call saves a failed payment. Do it before you start rather than at the payment screen.
Bail does not go to Access Corrections. It goes to GovPayNet, and Ulster publishes the specific code you need.
Pay Location Code: 1870.
The county lists four other things you have to have in front of you:
That third and fourth items are what catch people. The ICN is the jail’s identifying number, and the court, judge and return date come from the arraignment rather than from the jail’s website. Gather them before you begin.
If the payment itself goes wrong, 1-877-EZBAIL5 reaches a GovPayNet criminal justice specialist.
Major credit, debit and prepaid debit cards are accepted.
Worth separating out, because families often assume money on the account covers everything.
Care packages run through nycountypackages.com, or 1.800.546.6283, with a ceiling of 100 dollars per week on food, snacks and other items ordered from a catalogue.
Customer service hours are Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 11:59 PM Eastern, and Saturday, 11 AM to 5 PM Eastern.
Money spent there buys goods from the catalogue. It does not become spendable balance on the commissary account.
Not money, but it belongs in the same conversation.
Inmate property may be picked up by a third party between 8:00 AM and 3:00 PM, seven days a week. That is a wide window by the standards of this state, and seven days including weekends is unusual. Questions go to 845-340-3644.
One clear boundary. Mail here goes to 380 Boulevard and is scanned to a tablet, and a certified money order is a payment route rather than something to post in with a letter.
If you are writing at the same time, that is a separate errand. Pigeonly handles the letter and photos while the money goes to the vendor.
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Three ways. Online through Access Corrections or by ringing 866-345-1884, at the kiosk in Reception at the jail, or by certified money order made out in your person's name. All three need their inmate ID number.
Send MoneyThe certified money order route covers exactly that, made out in your person's name. Access Corrections also lists more than 800 kiosk locations beyond the jail itself, so there may be one near you.
Send MoneyFrom the desk officer, which is what the county itself says. Ask for it before you start a payment rather than after one fails, and the same call is a good moment to ask which housing pod they are in for visiting.
Send MoneyThrough GovPayNet, using Pay Location Code 1870. You need the payment amount, the defendant's name, their ICN number, the court or judge's name, and the return date and time. Major credit, debit and prepaid debit cards are accepted.
Send MoneyThe ICN is the jail's identifying number and the jail can give it to you on 845-340-3644. The court, judge and return date come from the arraignment rather than from any website, so collect all four before you sit down to pay.
Send MoneyAccess Corrections and GovPayNet each show their charge before you confirm the payment.
Send MoneyThrough nycountypackages.com or 1.800.546.6283, capped at 100 dollars a week from a catalogue. Customer service runs Monday to Friday 8:30 AM to 11:59 PM Eastern and Saturday 11 AM to 5 PM. That money buys goods rather than becoming account balance.
Send MoneyConfirm the jail, and pick up the ID number.
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