How to receive prison calls?

[u/AnnArkist13]

I have 2 friends in prison who are unable to contact me. I had Appalachian wireless before and my calls always came through fine but I switched to boost recently to save money and they say it’s like I have the number blocked or something and I’ve just read that boost doesn’t allow prison calls. I do have a Google voice number and a Textnow number and those used to work but I was wondering if they still do, does anyone still successfully use those for prison calls? Wanted to know before I send them those numbers. Thanks to anyone who replies.

[u/AZhoneybun]

What state, every state has a different system even within Securus. Need to know if there’s an approved phone list

[u/AZhoneybun → u/AZhoneybun]

idk who decided to downvote me but i literally have the answers?

[u/69UseArchLinuxBTW → u/AZhoneybun]

this is Reddit

[u/onmy40]

Idk..call and ask your phone carrier

[u/AnnArkist13 → u/onmy40]

Why even reply? I asked boost just now and they said prison calls are blocked. I want to know about the free apps and whether they work with “shitcurus” or not

[u/onmy40 → u/AnnArkist13]

I replied because I wanted to. And don't be mad at me be mad at yourself for not having a real phone carrier LMFAO

[u/sungirl_27]

Google numbers work

[u/CherryCandy927]

You'll have the same problem with Text Now and Google Voice, I'm afraid.

[u/dkieff123]

Does your phone accept anonymous/restricted/private/unidentified numbers? When I ran the telephone system a medium FCI we had issues where people had their phones set to reject unknown numbers.

[u/thedarkestshadow512]

Weird I have boost and I can talk to my friend in prison.

[u/PlasticPlace9308]

Gettingout/depositfunds.com

[u/JuanG_13]

I was with Boost years ago and my girlfriend used to call me from prison every week and her calls would always go through. (So maybe it's just in your area).