Sending Money to an Incarcerated Person (California CDCR)

CDCR Family and Friends Services page setting out three ways to send funds. Electronic funds transfer through approved vendors GTL/ConnectNetwork, JPay and Access Corrections carries a fee and posts within one to three days. The JPay lock box accepts money orders, personal checks and cashier's checks with no fee, payable to JPay and mailed to 2202 South Figueroa St, Box #3001, Los Angeles, CA 90007, with a maximum of $999.99 per Money Order Deposit Form and a 10 business day hold on personal checks. Mailing a check or money order payable to CDCR directly to the institution is free but carries a 30 day hold and must show the sender's name and address plus the person's CDCR number. The page also explains that when a restitution fine is owed CDCR deducts 50 percent of deposits plus a 10 percent administrative fee.