San Luis Obispo is home to the California Men’s Colony. This prison facility serves San Luis Obispo and other cities in the SAN LUIS OBISPO County area areas. The address of record for California Men’s Colony is Highway 1. This is located in San Luis Obispo, CA, 93409-0001, a city in SAN LUIS OBISPO. Always call the jail to verify that an inmate is at that location and can receive visitors before traveling.

Inmates need contact with their friends and family on the outside. But Jails and Prisons don’t make this easy. Some charge inmates up to $14 a minute just to make a long-distance phone call. Fortunately, you can get a local number your inmate can call that will ring your phone and/or those of other family and friends no matter where they live. An inmate can then make their calls using the local number rate while talking to friends and family long distance. This service is provided by Securtel at [Link to Secrutel]. To send mail to an inmate, go to send postcards. Talk with your inmate to learn about the permitted hours for phone calls, rules for sending mail and days and times for visitation, Facilities in CA all have different rules that you’ll be required to follow.

Everything in prison costs money. Soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps and envelopes must all be purchased at the commissary. Step one is to get set up with phone service so you can communicate. Then you can learn what an inmate needs and how to properly send it.

It’s important for prison families to help each other to help their loved ones inside and out. By sharing information about California Men’s Colony with other families, it will help them avoid mistakes and confusion that no one needs or wants.
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