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Sentencing Questions

Can I Use InmateAid to Write to Someone Awaiting Sentencing?

My boyfriend is awaiting sentencing at heart of America. Even though he is not sentenced yet can I still use inmate aid to send a letter or postcard to him?

Yes.
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Answered by a former federal inmate · 14+ years advising families
✓ Verified answer October 02,2016 · Sentencing Questions
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Yes. Sentencing status has no bearing on whether InmateAid can reach him. Whether someone is pre-trial, awaiting sentencing, already sentenced, or mid-transfer, the letter service works the same way. InmateAid routes mail through the US Postal Service to wherever he is currently held, and pretrial and pre-sentence detainees in county and detention facilities receive mail the same way sentenced inmates do.

Send the letter, include his name and inmate ID number in the addressing details, and it will go out. Mail is one of the few constants that does not change regardless of where someone is in the legal process.

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Accepted Answer Date Created: October 02,2016
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