Administrative segregation refers to both a classification and a type of unit. There are at least three distinct types of segregation: administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation, and protective … Any of these types of segregation might involve a regimen of solitary (or near solitary) confinement. Administrative segregation (ad seg) is when an inmate is housed separately from the main prison population. In most prisons, ad seg is another term for solitary confinement. Typically, inmates get "put in the hole" if they violate prison rules,...

InmateAid was founded in April 2012 by someone who spent 66 months in federal prison and understood firsthand what families on the outside actually need. Not a corporate interpretation of it. The real thing. That origin shapes everything about how the site operates, from the tone of the answers in this archive to the way the phone service is priced to the fact that mail gets resent at no charge when something goes wrong. The people who find InmateAid are rarely...

It depends on four words in the sentencing order: with or without parole. A life sentence with the possibility of parole is fundamentally different from life without parole, even though both sound permanent from the outside. If parole is possible, there is a real and legitimate path to release. It is not easy, it is not fast, and it is not guaranteed, but it exists. Inmates serving life with parole become eligible for a hearing after serving a minimum number of...

Most facilities allow photos that are suggestive without being explicitly sexual, and panties and bra generally fall within that line as long as nothing is fully exposed. The standard that most mailrooms apply is whether private parts are covered. Tasteful lingerie photos, the kind you would see in a mainstream retail catalog, typically pass without issue at the majority of facilities. That said, every facility sets its own policy and some are stricter than others. County jails tend to be more...

The sheriff's department from the county that issued the warrant is responsible for the transport. That means deputies from that county will travel to wherever the inmate is currently being held and physically transport them back to the jurisdiction where the warrant originated. Two things about how this works that families always want to know. First, they will not announce when they are coming. The pickup happens without advance notice to the inmate or their family, and that is entirely intentional....