Friends & Family

Stay in touch with friends and loved ones with Reliance Telephone. If you have a toll restriction on your telephone line, use a cell phone, or you receive telephone billing from an alternate telephone company, please give us a call at 1-800-896-3201 to establish an account with Reliance Telephone. Our hours are from (9:00am to 6:00pm) Sunday through Saturday. If you call outside those hours you can leave your information and a customer service representative will call you back.

If your local telephone account is in good credit standing, and you do not have any other restrictions we will automatically send the calls directly to the local telephone company. If you are signed up with any alternate telephone company you will most likely receive one call and then we will have to set up a direct billing account with Reliance. Only the larger and the original telephone companies allow the collect calls to be billed to the local telephone account. All other companies do not allow collect call billing on the home phone bill and that includes CLECs, Cable TV companies, VOIP, Cell Phones, and some rural telephone companies. If you have received one call or none and you think a friend or family member is in jail you will have to set up a direct billing account. All telephone accounts that can't be billed to the local telephone company must establish a minimum $35.00 prepayment directly with Reliance Telephone.

The first time you hear from a detained person, may be your last if we can't transmit the billing to your local telephone company account. To guarantee future calls, please call our 1-800-896- 3201 customer service number to establish a direct account with Reliance Telephone. You will also save the cost of the billing fee on your local telephone company bill if you establish a direct account with Reliance.

To immediately establish an account with us today, call us at 1-800-896-3201 and have a credit card ready, or ask for instructions on how to make alternate forms of prepayment. Credit card payments are the quickest way to establish an account and we accept VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, and MASTER CARD. We also accept Western Union, Money Gram, Checks, Debit Card, Cash, and Wire Transfers.

Account/Payment information

If we are unable to bill your collect calls through your local telephone provider you must set up a prepayment account with Reliance to accept calls. When you make a payment on a telephone account we must verify your current address and billing information prior to activating the account. Call 1-800-896-3201

Some credit cards will require additional verification. If this verification is requested, you must file a Credit Cardholder Letter of Acceptance.

We accept the following methods of payment:

  • Cash/Check/Money order mailed in or dropped off
  • Visa/Mastercard/Discover/American Express by phone or mail
  • Moneygram Express Payment
  • Western Union QuickCollect
  • Wire transfer - call for details
  • Debit card (with Visa/Mastercard logo)
  • Check card (with Visa/Mastercard logo)

Moneygram Express Payment Information

  • Locate a Moneygram Agent: 1-800-555-3133 or online (or at any Walmart)
  • Use the Moneygram Express Payment form
  • The Receive Code is 3019
  • Your account number is the phone number you recieve calls at
  • The City and State is East Grand Forks, MN
  • You must bring cash. Moneygram's fee is $7.95 ($7.50 at Walmart)
  • You may also setup an account with Moneygram to make these payments online

Western Union QuickCollect

  • Locate a Western Union Agent: 1-800-325-6000 or online
  • Use the Quick Collect form
  • Payment to Reliance Telephone Systems
  • Code city is INMATE
  • State is MN
  • Your account number is the phone number you recieve calls at
  • You must bring cash. The fee is usually $12.95
  • You may also setup an account with Western Union to make these payments online

Collect Call Costs

Reliance telephone collect call costs as follows:

  • Local Call: 15 minute talk time is $2.95/call
  • Domestic Long Distance Call: $3.00 Surcharge for collect call and $0.37/minute
  • Phone Card: $0.40 or $0.50 dependent on which jail the person is incarcerated at