SERVICES WITH VIAPATH/TELMATE WILL END ON SEPT. 30
Services and content offered through Telmate/GTL will end and replaced with those offered from SMART.
EXSISTING FUNDS WITH VIAPATH
The funds on your Telmate/GTL account will not auto transition to Smart Communications. AIC'S Are encouraged to reduce the amount transferred from Keefe into their phone account prior to the transfer, use these funds before the transfer date, or seek a refund direct from Telmate/GTL after your release. Remaining funds may take time to be posted in the new platform.
Friends and family may contact Telmate/GTL customer service through their website at gettingout.com/contact-us or toll-free 866-516-0115 to request a refund of any remaining balance. Mailing address:
Telmate, LLC
PO Box 1137
Fruitland, ID 83619
USPS MAIL PROCESSING (WITH TELMATE VIA TEXTBEHIND SERVICE)
Friends and family should stop sending mail to the TextBehind service by September 24. Any mail received at TextBehind, the former mail processor located in Phoenix, MD on or after September 30, 2025 will be returned to the sender.
MAIL (NEW MAILING ADDRESS FOR US MAIL)
All regular AIC postal mail (postcards, letters, greeting cards, etc.) will be scanned into the system and available to the AIC via their tablet. Friends and family should be advised to start sending mail to the new postal address below, starting September 26, 2025.
Smart Communications / Lane County Adult Corrections Facility
Adult in Custody Name and ID Number
c/o Mail Processing Center
PO Box 9225
Seminole, FL 33775-9225
DEPOSIT FUNDS—SETUP NEW ACCOUNT WITH SMART
Visit smartinmate.com or contact Customer Care at 727-349-1561 to create your account and deposit funds.
Calling account funds can be used for:
Prepaid Collect (PPC) phone number(s) to receive prepaid calls or leave voicemails
PIN Debit for inmates to make prepaid calls
SmartInmate™ account funds can be used to:
Send “postage paid” messages
Open/read “collect/COD” messages
Send digital photos to your loved one
Schedule/conduct Remote Video Visitations
SOME OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED THROUGH SMART COMMUNICATIONS
- Five (5) free phone calls per week, up to fifteen (15) minutes in length each.
- One (1) free remote visitation session each week, up to thirty (30) minutes in length. Limited onsite video visitation is provided at no charge (located in the ground floor lobby).
- Eight (8) SMS messages per month at no charge (100 characters or less) and then ten cents ($0.10) each.
- Inbound voicemail messages are provided at a fixed rate of One Dollar ($1.00) each.
- Traditional “email” message is billed at fifty cents ($0.50) each.
- Approved photos are billed at fifty cents ($0.50).
- Entertainment platform for streaming of basic content (is free) and premium content is three cents ($0.03) per minute.
- SmartEd™ and SmartReentry™ provided at no cost.