Subject: Money transfer
In most facilities the money that goes into an inmate's trust account can be designated for commissary and telephone calls. When you are sending money, there are no ways to specify what you want them to spend it on. If you set up a phone account, that money will only be for the phone calls to you.
Subject: Money transfer
The services are different in every prison, jail or detention center. If the service is the same then of course it will follow, if not you will have to repeat the process with new vendor.
However, in the case of an InmateAid Discount Telephone Service will follow - at no charge to you. When your inmate gets moved, you have to notify us where he was moved and we will get you a new number matching the rate center of...
Read moreSubject: Send inmate mail
Inmates use the InmateAid return address. If he were to write you back using our address, we will scan the letter into your account under Inmate Response Letters and notify you by email that it is there.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
Yes. While Colwell Detention Center operates as a standard detention facility, there is a portion of the PDC that functions as a boot camp program.
Boot camp programs inside correctional facilities, sometimes called shock incarceration, are structured around military style discipline, physical training, and intensive programming. They are designed to be demanding by intent. The idea is that a shorter but highly structured and physically rigorous experience produces better outcomes than a longer traditional sentence, particularly for younger or first time...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
Yes you can use the prepaid cellphone with an InmateAid Discount Telephone number. Our numbers are land lines which are forwarded to you number. There is no problem using any type of phone with our service as you are giving your inmate OUR number to call and it rings on your line.
Subject: Inmate transfer
Yes, you may bring cash to a federal facility for deposit into your inmate trust account. We would recommend money orders though as it would have your name (and ID number "xxxxx-xxx") on the check and it won't get "lost".
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
No, normally there are no public juvenile incarceration records available. If a member of the site has created an InmateAid Inmate profile for a juvenile for their own benefit to utilize our service, and made it public, it is possible to review the information.
Subject: Inmate transfer
It could be a few hours or a few days. This depends on the size of the institution and how many inmates are there to be processed.
Subject: Education & vocational training
Yes, your inmate will get a Certificate of Completion. He can arrange for this to be copied and mailed to his attorney. If you want to try and expedite the process, call the facility and ask to speak with the C.O. in charge of education. They might send it to you directly.
Subject: Medical treatment
Yes, they probably will but you might have to remain in solitary until you are no longer in need. This rule is different depending on where you will be doing your time
