{"id":7418,"date":"2023-12-09T20:08:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T20:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fedphoneline.com\/blog\/?p=7418"},"modified":"2023-12-10T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T14:53:21","slug":"trap-line-to-make-trap-calls-in-canadian-jails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fedphoneline.com\/blog\/fr_FR\/trap-line-to-make-trap-calls-in-canadian-jails\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Trap Line to make Trap Calls in Canadian Jails"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong> This is a personal blog, any views or opinions represented in this blog belong solely to the FedPhoneLine staff.\u00a0\u00a0WE ARE\u00a0NOT<\/strong>\u00a0Psychologists or Therapy Professionals, all data and information on these blogs are for informational purposes\u00a0ONLY<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The term \u201cTrap Line\u201d is an old school jail term which used to mean a secret phone line that the inmate had which they could make calls on that were not monitored by law enforcement.<\/p>\n

Nowadays the term \u201cTrap Line\u201d means a phone number that an inmate uses while in jail which can receive collect calls or trap calls.<\/p>\n

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What is a Collect Call?<\/h2>\n

According to Stats Canada<\/a>, nearly 85% of Canadian households with a respondent under 30 years old reported they had a cellphone and no landline in 2019.<\/p>\n

The problem with cellphones is that they do not allow collect calls from payphones, so if you wanted to setup a trap line from jail to make a trap call, you can\u2019t because the cellphone receiving the trap call would be rejected because it is a collect call.<\/p>\n

How to Receive Trap Calls in Jail<\/h2>\n

There is an easy way to set up a trap line in jail and start receiving collect calls to cellphone from jails in Canada.<\/p>\n

The simplest way is to set up a trap line using FedPhoneLine<\/a>.\u00a0 When you register with FedPhoneLine you are provided a phone number that is capable of receiving trap calls or collect calls from jail.\u00a0 You would provide the inmate with the FedPhoneLine number.\u00a0 The inmate then makes a collect call to the trap line or the FedPhoneLine number and the FedPhoneLine number calls your cellphone.<\/p>\n

When you receive the trap call, the automated operator will request that you press \u201c1\u201d to accept the charges.\u00a0 If you do not want to receive the trap call or if another inmate is calling a wrong number, you can simply hang up.<\/p>\n

Using this service you are able to receive inmate collect calls from jails in Canada to your cellphone.<\/p>\n

Jails such as:<\/p>\n