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Are Photos Sent Through InmateAid Physically Printed Out?

Hello When we send a pic through inmate aid does it get printed out for the inmate? Thank you.

Yes.
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Answered by a former federal inmate · 14+ years advising families
✓ Verified answer September 10,2014 · Send Inmate Mail
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Yes. Every photo you upload through InmateAid is printed on 4x6 glossy photo paper and mailed directly to the facility along with your letter. Your inmate receives a physical printed photo at mail call, not a digital image or a screen.

The prints are produced on standard glossy photo paper, printed edge-to-edge, with no white border, and meet the format requirements accepted at virtually every prison, jail, and detention center in the country. There is nothing the mail room needs to do differently with an InmateAid photo than with any other piece of approved mail.

Your inmate can hold it, keep it in their cell, and look at it whenever they want. That is the point.

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Accepted Answer Date Created: September 10,2014
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About this answer: This response was prepared by InmateAid’s editorial team in consultation with former inmates who have direct experience with the federal correctional system. InmateAid has served families of the incarcerated since 2012. This is general information only — not legal advice. Last reviewed April 2026.