1.  Funds may be placed into a prisoner's account using JPay.

To use this method, you must establish a JPay account. Please visit www.jpay.com for information on how to open and manage your account.

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Once the JPay account is established, you may deposit funds into a prisoner's account through any of the options listed below:

• Online by using a credit/debit card through the www.jpay.com website.
• By calling JPay at 1-800-574-5729. Agents are available 24 hours/day in English and Spanish.
• In person, with cash at the nearest Moneygram Store, located inside WalMart and CVS stores.  Fill out an express blue form and use receive code 6902.

2.  Effective immediately, Family and others may use MDOC's Centralized Receipting Office.

Send funds to the address below. YOU MUST INCLUDE THE PRISONER'S NAME AND NUMBER.

Centralized Receipting Office
P. O. Box 700
Freeland, MI 48623-0700

Ph. (989) 695-5811

Funds received through the Centralized Receipting Office shall be credited to the prisoner's account only if they are in the form of a check issued by a bank with guaranteed funds (e.g., cashier check; certified check) or money order payable in U.S. currency and made payable to the prisoner only. Under no circumstances shall cash or a personal check be accepted.

Only funds are to be sent to the Centralized Receipting Office. Anything else that is sent, such as letters or pictures, will not be forwarded to the prisoner. All funds received must comply with  PD 04.02.105 "Prisoner Funds". 

The prisoner will be issued a receipt of funds that were received and notified if the funds are rejected for any reason.

Please see Director's Office Memorandum 2009-9 : Electronic Messages and Fund Transfers for more information.