Wallens Ridge State Prison | Big Stone Gap, Virginia

PO Box 759
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219-0759

(276) 523-3310
Wallens Ridge State Prison
Leslie Fleming
1999
Maximum
State Prison

Wallens Ridge State Prison

Wallens Ridge State Prison is located in Big Stone Gap, a city located in Wise County, VA that serves as the prison facility for Wise County and surrounding areas. Wallens Ridge State Prison is one of several Maximum prisons for the State of VA. The listed address of Wallens Ridge State Prison is PO Box 759. This is facility is located in Big Stone Gap, VA, 24219-0759. This city is in Wise. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.

Prisons in VA, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Wallens Ridge State Prison. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here: jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here: send postcards. Once you get set up with call service and can communicate with your inmate, it will be easier to start making plans for visitation. VA has many types of prison facility. City Jails, County Jails, State Jails and State Penitentiaries will each have their own rules and times for visitation and even rules for sending and receiving inmate mail

Wallens Ridge State Prison is a State Prison facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Wallens Ridge State Prison will be treated. Prisons and jails today charge for everything. You can expect to pay for soap, toothpaste, phone calls and stamps, books and even paper are all provided for a fee that is often many times higher than the price paid in the free world. Setting up an economical phone service so you can communicate without long distance charges is the first step. Then you should ask your inmate what else they will need and how you can properly send it.

Wallens Ridge State Prison is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Wallens Ridge State Prison warden is Leslie Fleming. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Wallens Ridge State Prison by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Wallens Ridge State Prison. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.
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