Sending Money in Vermont (DOC)

How Deposits Work

Vermont’s deposits run through Access Corrections (the Keefe network), and the fee structure — set in the state’s 2025 contract — rewards patience:

• By mail (free): a money order or bank check, payable to “VT DOC F.B.O. (the person’s name)” with their ID number on the memo line, mailed with the deposit coupon (printable from DOC’s site) to Inmate Trust, PO Box 1344, Williston, VT 05495-1344. Maximum $500 per day; cash and personal checks are not accepted, and any letter tucked into the envelope is destroyed.
• Online or by app at accesscorrections.com — fees run $3.25 for small deposits up to $11.25 at the top tier ($200 to $300), per the contract’s published schedule
• Lobby kiosks at each facility — $4.00 for cash
• Walk-in retailers — $5.95 flat

One published warning worth repeating: DOC asks families not to deposit money for anyone other than their own family member or personal friend — third-party deposit requests are often connected to contraband or fraud schemes, and the published consequences include losing visiting privileges.

If the Person Is in Mississippi

The deposit coupon says it in capital letters: do not send funds through the Vermont lockbox for anyone housed out of state. The men at the Mississippi contract facility use that facility’s own deposit system — DOC’s posted guidance for it dates to 2018, so confirm the current method with DOC’s Constituent Services Unit before sending anything. DOC’s posted transfer guidance describes accounts being closed at departure so funds are available at the receiving facility.

Phones, Tablets, and the Same Account

The trust account is the hub: the incarcerated person can transfer money from it to their phone/tablet account for calls and content. Families can also fund prepaid collect for their own number through the phone vendor, and tablet entertainment passes are sold separately through JailATM.com — details in Phone & Video Calls.

What Gets Deducted

Vermont publishes no percentage schedule for deductions from family deposits — there is no flat restitution or child-support cut taken from money you send, and restitution in Vermont is handled by a state restitution unit outside the prison account system. The published deductions attach to earnings instead: prison-industry wages carry 70-80 percent deductions (taxes, family support, victims’ compensation, room and board), and work-release earnings follow a statutory order. Facility-level debts (owed postage, fees) can be collected from incoming funds at locally set rates.

Commissary

Commissary is run by the Keefe network with weekly delivery from an off-site warehouse and a menu of roughly 400 items. The contract caps spending at $100 per week across all order types combined — including web orders family members place through Access Corrections — with a published holiday-season bump (it rose to $200 for the weeks around the 2025 holidays). Prices changed most recently in May 2026, with the current list posted on DOC’s family-services page.

Beyond commissary, two channels exist: the Access Securepak package program for family-ordered packages, and a published approved-vendors list (updated May 2026) for items commissary doesn’t carry — those require the incarcerated person to get an outside-purchase request approved before family buys anything.

For people without money, Vermont’s published floor is generous by national standards: every in-state incarcerated person receives postage equivalent to seven first-class letters a week, indigent people receive legal-mail materials, and the commissary system includes rotating indigent packs on facility-set criteria.

Confirming a Deposit

DOC publishes no family-facing balance tool. The working channels are the Access Corrections receipt and support lines (1-800-546-6283), the person confirming from their side, and DOC’s Constituent Services Unit portal, which answers questions within about 48 hours.

Verify Before Acting

For the general, nationwide overview of this topic, see the national guide: Sending Money.