Received after the Joplin, MO tornado. It says I have 56.4 minutes on it, but it won't let me access it. It says my account cannot be validated

Sounds more like an issue with the SIM card rather than the phone.
Can you swap it with a card you know to be good ?

I received after the Joplin, MO tornado. I have checked it thoroughly and the problem is on Yortels part

So how are yortel going to resolve your issue ?