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Subject: Money transfer

The best and easiest method is to buy a prepaid card from the grocery store, pharmacy or a Walmart, Target or K-Mart store. They look like a credit card but they are activated with a cash deposit. You can hen make purchases on this website and all over the Internet.

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Subject: Relationship issues

Divorcing someone who is incarcerated follows essentially the same legal process as any other divorce. The fact that they are in prison does not prevent the process from moving forward and does not require their consent to begin. The first step is filing the divorce petition with the family court in your jurisdiction. That filing initiates the case and generates the documents that need to be formally served on your spouse. Service of process is the legal requirement that

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Subject: Inmate search

The InmateAID inmate profiles are set up by the member/users of the website. We do not monitor, verify or update the profiles unless requested by the member/user. There are various ways to search for your inmate to make certain that the profile you create is accurate so the services from this site will sync up properly. If you email us the name, DOB, and the state that your inmate is in - we will set it up for you.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your

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Subject: Send books and magazines

You cannot send books from home. They are very security-conscious and require any books to come directly from the publisher. [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?node=283155&tag=inmatecom-20&camp=15329&creative=394453&linkCode=ur1&adid=1NK4T3Z8XDKYJ0S12D53&&ref-refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inmateaid.com%2Fpages%2Fdetails%2Fsend-books-to-an-inmate-in-prison-or-jail) is a trusted publishing brand and therefore our partner in helping folks send books into the prison or jail. To send a book, you have to enter the inmate's name, ID number and the correct address of the facility. You have to buy "new paperback books", the used books are sold by third party affiliates and those

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Subject: Inmate search

You can search the [Georgia Department of Corrections Inmate Search](http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp) to get the correct Inmate ID number.

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Subject: Inmate care packages

There are several state and county facilities that have arrangements with companies that deliver commissary baskets to inmates. You didn't mention the institution where your brother is incarcerated - if you look up that facility in our directory, there are buttons right there for ordering if it is something that they offer.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

We are certain that he will appreciate them but most facility mail room staff will censor any nudity. It's best to send those kind of pictures with something on, you can make it sexy but going further than that will most likely get returned.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

Parole boards are vested with almost unlimited power to decide who gets out of prison when, and why. Hearsay, rumor and instinct are all fair game. The law directs the board to take into account “the inmate’s culture, language, values, mores, judgments, communicative ability and other unique qualities.” In many states, the boards’ most basic workings are shielded by law from public view. Boards are not obligated to give any but the most cursory reasons for their decisions, which include

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

This is an ARREST ORDER for someone who has been indicted by a grand jury or an affidavit from law enforcement personnel

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