Subject: Send inmate mail
Letters are processed immediately upon entry unless after 3pm on Saturday, those letters will process Monday morning. We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff opens and reads each piece of mail and inspects it for contraband. Once they decide the mail is fit to be handed out at mail call, your inmate will receive it. Any delay that occurs at the facility is out of our control. We make...
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Inmates do not have internet access. Our service converts your message into a printed letter and gets to your inmate through the US Mail. Inmates may write you back to your address or to ours. If they send it to InmateAid, we scan it into your account and email you of it's there.
Subject: Visitation
GEO facilities are privately run and are very conscious of sticking to the protocol they design that got them the contract in the first place. This means that the visitation is a tightly run operation where you will have to go through the screening process before being allowed visits. We encourage you to call the facility and speak with a counselor before setting a date to visit (956) 718-4700.
Subject: Send inmate mail
Mail is considered sacred in the penal system and even inmates in solitary confinement, administrative hold or the SHU are able to receive and write letters in any amount at any time.
Subject: Sentencing questions
The gun issue will not be as big a problem if this is a first offense. If there are ANY issues where guns were involved OR if they have a prior felony, this will result in jail time, maybe a sentence as much as five years.
Subject: Prison rumors & jail scams
We have no idea. Craigslist is the Wild West, where anything can go. There is nothing to filter their listings, buyer beware.
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
Yes you can get temporary custody but you should definitely consult a family law attorney to make certain that the paperwork is on point.
Subject: Release questions
The release will be the day before.
Subject: Marriage in prison
It depends upon where the inmate is incarcerated and how long they have on their sentence. If he is awaiting transfer, the county jail will not perform a marriage but the chaplain at the state or federal facility might.
Subject: Prison food
Food varies based upon the type of institution or facility. The federal prisons have the best food on the national menu - the menu is the same everywhere. The food is similar to what you might find in a high school cafeteria. There are special meals for dietary and religious reasons. State prisons are similar to federal but less variety and taste. The county jails would be ranked at the lower end of the "tasty inmate food" chain as their...
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