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Being apart shouldn’t mean being out of each other’s lives.

NearestKin keeps you close to someone in prison or jail. Trade text and voice messages, and talk by phone — you from any web browser, them from an ordinary facility phone, just by speaking. Your side is free.

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  • Private by design
  • Text & voice messages
  • Your account is free

An illustration of one exchange. You write “Thinking of you today. Proud of you.” in your Online Connection Hub. On a facility phone, the Voice Connection Hub tells them they have a new text message and reads it aloud when they ask. They say “Reply with a voice message” and speak their reply, which arrives in your Online Connection Hub as a voice message.

Illustration: one exchange, seen from both sides.
What it costs

Free for you. One clear price for them.

There is no charge for being the person on the outside. You create an account, you write, you listen, you call — and none of that costs you anything.

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Your side

Free

Your Online Connection Hub, for family, friends and supporters.

Their side

$14.95 a month

The Inside Community Member’s Voice Connection Hub and profile.

How it works

A voice line inside, a web hub outside

One shared connection between the two, and each side gets the tools that actually suit where they are.

  1. A woman at an outdoor table, on a phone call with a laptop open in front of her.

    You create a free account

    Family, friends and supporters sign up on the web. Your Online Connection Hub is free — there is nothing to install and nothing to pay.

  2. They connect by voice

    The Inside Community Member reaches their Voice Connection Hub from an ordinary facility telephone and simply speaks to it. No app, no keypad sequences to memorise.

  3. An older woman smiling as she reads something on her phone.

    You stay in each other’s lives

    Exchange text and voice messages around each of your days, and speak in real time when you are both free.

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Why NearestKin

Distance is hard enough

The part you can control — reaching them, being reached, knowing they’re okay — should be the simple part. That is the part we built.

A woman wearing a beaded collar, laughing while on a phone call.A young woman at a wooden table, smiling, with her phone in her hands.A man at home, smiling while he talks on his phone.

Made for staying close

A quick note across a busy day, a voice message they can replay, a real call when you are both free — the small, ordinary contact that keeps a relationship alive over distance.

Private by design

You decide what you share. Your contact details and the contents of your conversations stay yours.

A person, not just a phone number

An Inside Community Member can keep a public profile they control — their interests, their goals, what they are working toward — so they stay someone people can actually get to know.

Ready to get started?

Create your free account and take the first step toward staying connected today.

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