This is one of the most common points of confusion families run into when a loved one is approaching the end of their sentence and the explanation is straightforward once you understand how the Bureau of Prisons defines release. The date displayed on the BOP inmate locator is the official out date, meaning the date the inmate is fully and completely released from federal custody. Halfway house placement, technically called a Residential Reentry Center, does not count as release in the...

Reliance is the carrier that has the only contract at the institution where your inmate is incarcerated. InmateAid is not a replacement for Reliance, but a service that will find you a local number matching the rate center of the prison, jail or detention center your inmate calls from. If you are already local, we probably cannot save you money. If your inmate gets moved, there is a likelihood that there would be a different phone service (other than Reliance). InmateAid will get...

The phone service at Pointe Coupee is Correct Solutions Group. Regardless whether you use InmateAid or not, you will have to use them. They have the contract and all inmate calls must pass through them. Local calls are cheaper than long distance calls through them - if you are not local, we might be able to save you $4-6 per call but you will still be paying them for each local call. You will have to figure out if the...

Inmates may not receive calls, they can only dial out. If they call you and you have not set up a pre-paid account the collect calls will cost you $15.00 for 15 minutes. If you set up a prepaid account and the calls are more than $3.00, you should check with us, we can most probably get you a better rate with a new telephone number (that we will forward to your account). SEND US YOUR NUMBER AND THE FACILITY NAME -...

This is one of the most difficult location situations families face because the US Marshals Service is deliberately quiet about inmate movements for security and safety reasons. Unlike the Bureau of Prisons, which maintains a public inmate locator, the USMS does not have an equivalent public-facing database that updates in real time as people move through their system. When someone is picked up by the Marshals for a federal probation or supervised release violation, they typically go through a series of...

You can send a letter to an inmate but before you do it is worth thinking carefully about what you write and what effect it might have. All incoming mail at correctional facilities is read and monitored by staff. Nothing you send is private from the facility's perspective. That means anything you write about your daughter's injuries, the relationship, or your concerns becomes part of the record at that institution. In some cases that information can be flagged and passed along...

Generally no. Printed calendars are not typically on the approved incoming mail list at most correctional facilities and will usually get rejected at the mailroom before reaching your loved one. The reasoning behind it varies by facility but common concerns include the size of the paper, the format, and anything printed that goes beyond standard letter correspondence. Some facilities flag printed materials that look like they were produced at home rather than coming from an approved publisher or vendor. Others have...