Getting caught with a cell phone in prison is one of the worst disciplinary situations an inmate can land in, and the consequences stack on multiple levels. At the facility level it is an immediate major infraction. That means disciplinary segregation, loss of privileges, and a serious entry in the inmate's record that follows them to every subsequent review. When that person sits in front of a parole board, the board sees everything, and a cell phone infraction signals exactly the...

First, take a breath. A month without a response does not mean what you are afraid it means. Getting adjusted to incarceration is genuinely hard in ways that are difficult to explain from the outside. The first weeks and months inside are disorienting, humbling, and emotionally exhausting. Some people shut down. Some are too proud to show vulnerability in a letter. Some are still trying to figure out who they are in this new environment before they can reach out to...

Home confinement has been one of the preferred release options for non-violent inmates during COVID-related early release programs, and it is possible that your husband's halfway house placement could shift to home confinement depending on the specific program authorizing his release and the BOP's current protocols. During the height of the pandemic the CARES Act gave the Bureau of Prisons expanded authority to place inmates on home confinement, and that authority was used more broadly for medically vulnerable and non-violent inmates...

Yes, you can send a letter to Joe Exotic #26154-017, whose legal name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage. His BOP Inmate ID is 26154-017. He is currently housed in a federal correctional facility. To send him a letter use InmateAid's letter service which handles addressing and delivery directly to his facility. You can also send him magazines, books, and photos through InmateAid. All mail to federal inmates goes through a mailroom screening process before delivery. Keep the contents appropriate and avoid any...

Because it works, and nobody has stopped it from working. This pattern shows up constantly and it follows a predictable script. The inmate asks for money. The person on the outside cannot send it, for whatever reason. Suddenly there are accusations, jealousy, threats to end the relationship. It feels like it came out of nowhere, but it did not. It is a pressure tactic, and the reason it keeps happening is that it keeps getting results. Prison is a powerless environment. An...