Each inmate has a billing cycle for their phone use. It begins on the date of their internal approval to use the Trulincs system. It can be any date of the month and the renewal is on that same date the following month. If your inmate's date is on the 15th, then on November 15th, they will get 400 minutes to span until December 15th when they would recharge for another 400 minutes. With this question, InmateAid is offering
Read moreThis depends on where they are being held. Most long term facilities have many options for vocational and educational improvement. It could always be better, our advise is to get your inmate involved in all the programming the facility offers and if able, enroll them in college courses offered by legitimate universities under the "distance learning" programs.
Read moreThis depends on where they are incarcerated. The federal system is by far the best for medical attention and the state system is adequate... but the rule of thumb is to "not get sick", unfortunately that is easier said than done but it is minimal attention at best. Most facilities will charge the inmate some sort of fee for medical attention that is taken from the inmate's commissary account. If they are indigent, then the state or feds will pick
Read moreThe "prison" conditions are the same for men and women. The problem is not the prison, it's the inmates that are there are there at the same time as your loved one. Sometimes, they run smoothly and others not so much. The main problem is boredom and how each inmate deals with it. If your inmate is able to compartmentalize their feelings and thoughts, their time will go smoothly. Never put themselves in a position where they can be isolated by
Read moreNo good! Cell phones in prison or jail is a new charge, a felony thanks to the Obama Administration. If they are in federal, the punishment is probably 6-12 months in the SHU (disciplinary segregation), no phone privileges, no visitation, no commissary and at the end of the SHU stay, they will be shipped to a higher security facility most likely hundreds of miles away from the nearest family member to add another hardship to the folks that care about
Read moreA federal detainer is a legal hold placed on an inmate by federal authorities, typically the US Marshals Service, indicating that the federal government wants custody of that person once the current state or local matter is resolved or when they are ready to take them. The timeline for the actual pickup is one of the most unpredictable aspects of the federal system. In practice, federal detainer pickups can happen anywhere from a few weeks to several months after
Read moreLousy, but it offers all the essential nutrients and vitamins that are required for the daily minimum. It's prison, hard to expect much more. Inmates can supplement their food intake by buying food stuff at the commissary. Inmates that have money on their books can buy tuna, chicken, salmon, beef, mackerel and summer sausage (like salami) to make their own meals.
Read moreThe most valuable thing I took out of prison was the absolute certainty that I never wanted to go back. That sounds simple, but it is more powerful than it might seem. When that conviction is real and not just something you say, it changes how you make decisions on the outside in ways that are hard to explain until you have lived it. The deeper lesson came from having enough time and enough quiet to look honestly at
Read moreSexual assault in prison is a documented reality but less prevalent than popular culture suggests. The Prison Rape Elimination Act requires facilities to maintain prevention and reporting protocols. Research indicates staff-on-inmate abuse is statistically more common than inmate-on-inmate assault.
Read moreAll TDCJ state prison facilities, where Wheeler (Texas) is affiliated ,use SecurusTech. The price for a call to any number in the state of Texas is about $4,00 (for 15 minutes). We can save $1.00 per call with one of our numbers (that would call-forward to yours). If you want Wheeler (Georgia), they also use Securus. The price for a local call is $1.95, all other calls are $3.15. We can save you $1.20 per call with an Alamo Georgia
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