For additional information please contact Steve Schneider, Public Information Officer

                                                    Hutchinson Correctional Facility

                                                              Hutchinson, Kansas

                                                                 620-728-3335

                                                                 620-728-3338

Warden Sam Cline of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility has announced that visitation at the prison’s maximum security Central Unit has been cancelled for this weekend, December 19th and 20^th, due to the number of cases of influenza like illnesses among the inmate population.

In addition, transfers of inmates into and out of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility will be cancelled through next week. All volunteer activities at the prison’s Central Unit are cancelled until further notice. The employee holiday tours originally scheduled for Friday, December 18, 2009 are also cancelled.

These changes in visitation and volunteer programs do not affect the medium custody East Unit or the minimum custody South Unit of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility. These schedule changes are being made in compliance with the infectious disease mitigation response plan which has been developed by the Kansas Department of Corrections in recent months. The situation at the facility will be re-evaluated by the middle of next week to determine if continued changes to operations are warranted.

1. To communicate with your loved one through their tablet account, create and fund a ViaPath Technologies (formerly GTL) account. Please https://www.gettingout.com/kansas-doc/ or download the app on your smartphone to create an account. (See below for “Setting Up Your Account.”)
2. Once you deposit funds ($10.00 minimum required) on your account, you will be able to send messages, photos or a 30-second video message to your loved one. The cost will be deducted from your ViaPath account. 
3. Electronic money deposits to a resident's trust account cannot be done through ViaPath. This service will continue to be made through Access Corrections. 
4. In addition, you will have the ability to add funds to your loved one’s tablet account electronically. There is no fee to add funds through ViaPath.

Friends and Family Pricing  

• Electronic Message: $0.25 per message
• Electronic Photo: $0.25 per photo 
• 30-Second Video Attachment: $1.75 per video 

KDOC Residents

1. Funds applied to a KDOC resident’s ViaPath account by family and friends will allow him/her to send messages, print messages/photos and enjoy entertainment content.
2. The ViaPath account can only be used for these services. Commissary and debit phone time purchasing are processed through a separate request on the tablet NOT using  ViaPath account funds.
3. Electronic money deposits to a resident's trust account cannot be done through ViaPath. This service will continue to be made available through Access Corrections. 
4. Video visits are handled by a separate vendor and not available through the ViaPath tablet. More information is available on the KDOC webpage.  
   
   

**Please note that only entertainment content will be charged a per minute rate of $0.04 (standard content) and $0.06 (premium content).     

The following costs will be deducted from resident’s ViaPath account funds:

• Electronic Message: $0.25 per message
• Print Email: $0.35 per printed page
• Print Attachment/Photo: $1.00 per printed page 
• Entertainment Content: $0.04/minute (standard content) and $0.06/minute (premium content)

Setting Up Your Account 

There are (2) options for setting up and accessing your ViaPath account. Please note that only one ViaPath account needs to be established to send messages and deposit funds.

1. Visit https://www.gettingout.com/kansas-doc/ to create your ViaPath account.
2. Download the free GettingOut mobile app on your Android or iOS device.

Additional Support Now Available

For questions regarding your GettingOut account, please contact ViaPath Support by going to https://www.gettingout.com/contact-us/ or calling 866-516-0115.

For further assistance, please call 785-746-7542 and leave a detailed message. A KDOC representative will return your call as soon as possible. You may also email KDOC_Facility_Management@ks.gov

The Kansas Department of Corrections will not accept any item mailed into a correctional facility other than letters or photographs. Residents may purchase postage only through their facility’s canteen. The Department does not allow a resident to receive stamps. 

Please note that any incoming or outgoing mail other than legal, official or privileged mail may be inspected or read at any time in accordance with KAR 44-12-601. 

Incoming resident mail should be addressed as follows:  

Remember to include the resident’s KDOC registration number with the resident’s full name in the address of the correspondence or the mail will not be delivered. The envelope also must contain the sender’s name and address as well or the letter will not be delivered. 

You may check a resident’s location and status on the Department’s Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository (KASPER). Facility mailing addresses are available from the facilities index.

For more information about resident mail, please review Kansas Administrative Regulation (K.A.R.) 44-12-601, Resident Writing and Other Resident Communications or Publications. Also, Internal Management Policy and Procedure (IMPP) 12-120 Security and Control: Control of Resident Personal Property provides additional information.