You do not need to find out whether your inmate already has a profile on InmateAid before setting one up as a surprise. The service is built entirely for the person on the outside, and your inmate does not create or manage an account themselves.
Here is how it works. You create the account, search for your person at Turbeville Correctional Institution in South Carolina, and set up their profile with their facility information. If a profile already exists in the system from another family member or friend who has used the service, you can still use it to send your own letters and photos independently. Multiple people can send to the same inmate through InmateAid without any coordination required.
The surprise element is entirely intact because your inmate has no visibility into who is setting up an account or what is being prepared on their behalf. They simply receive mail one day with the InmateAid logo on the envelope, and that envelope contains whatever you have sent them.
The InmateAid logo on the envelope is actually well recognized inside correctional facilities across the country including South Carolina. Inmates know what it means when something arrives from InmateAid, and getting that first piece of mail is a genuinely welcome surprise for someone who was not expecting it.
Go to InmateAid.com, set up the account, find your person at Turbeville, and place your first order. The surprise lands in their hands within about a week.