For cheap prison calls
A landline number on your mobile.
Nothing in between.
His calls cost about half. Your phone rings like it always does.
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£20 a month · Unlimited · Stop any time
Your number in about 2 minutesBy email. One tap adds it to your phone.
Why it’s different
Other numbers pass the call on. Prisons are told to restrict those.
A number that diverts calls could reach anyone. So prisons are told to restrict them. They can be refused, or taken off his list later.
Ours can’t divert. It only rings your phone.
Can be refused, or removed later.
The number lives in your phone.
Three things you’ll notice.
- It only rings you.Other prison landlines pass the call on. Ours has nowhere else to go.
- £20, however long he talks.Some charge you by the minute. We don't count.
- It rings like any call.Some ring in an app. Ours needs no app, and no Wi-Fi to pick up.
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How it works
As easy as 1, 2, 3.
1 · Get your number
By email, in two minutes. No need to tell him first.
2 · Tap to add it to your phone
One tap, on Wi-Fi, once. Your own number stays.
3 · Read him the number
He asks for it on his phone list. The prison checks it. Then he rings.
How long is the check? Families say about 6 days. Half waited 2 to 10 days.Families share these waits on PrisonCheck. They aren't official. The same small company runs PrisonCheck and ringyard.
See what families reportTwice the talk
Same credit. Twice the call. And the call doesn’t end early.
A landline minute costs him about half. Same money, twice the talk.
HMPPS weekday rates: 5.50p a minute to a mobile, 2.48p to a landline. Weekends: 3.60p and 2.20p. What calls cost them
The same £10 of his credit buys
Weekday rates. Half an hour costs him 74p instead of £1.65.
Families
In their own words.
A person replies the same day. Never a bot.
“that was QUICK”
A ringyard family “You’ve made a prison wife VERY happy”
A ringyard family “It’s nice talking to a human”
A ringyard family “Thank you for keeping our family connected”
A ringyard family
Price
£20 a month. That’s the whole price list.
Unlimited calls. No contract, no set-up fee. Stop any time.
If the prison refuses the number, we swap it for a fresh one, free. If that’s refused too, we refund you.
Your ringyard landline
£20a month
- Unlimited calls
- Rings your mobile like any call
- Nothing forwarded, no app
- A person replies the same day
Takes two minutes. Stop any time.
Is this call forwarding?
No. The landline number sits in the phone you carry. A call to it is a call to you. Nothing is passed from one line to another.
Will the prison accept it?
It's a normal UK landline number, so it goes on his list like any other, and the prison checks it. If the prison refuses the number, we swap it for a fresh one, free. If that's refused too, we refund you.
Does he need to do anything?
Yes, one thing. On his next call, you read him the number and he asks for it to go on his phone list. You don’t need to have told him before you set it up. The number works from the day he adds it.
Will my phone take it?
Yes, if it can hold an eSIM. iPhone XS and later take one. So do Pixel 3a and later, and Galaxy S20 and later. Dial *#06#. If you see an EID, it can. A phone locked to one network won't.
Do I keep my own number?
Yes. The landline sits beside it, on the same phone. Yours stays as it is.
Is ringyard legit?
Yes. ringyard is a trading name of Greenhouse Partners Ltd, company number 17129501, registered in England and Wales. We're a member of an Ofcom-approved dispute resolution scheme and registered with the Information Commissioner's Office. And a real person answers every email.
Can I stop?
Yes. One tap. No term, no fee. It works to the end of the time you paid for.
Put a landline in your pocket. Nothing in between.
£20 a month · No risk · Stop any time