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 inmate would...
Read moreSubject: Sentencing questions
Yes, absolutely - and he will go back to where he was released from. He will serve the rest of the time left on his original sentence and might get time more for leaving.
Subject: Marriage in prison
Regulations for marrying a prisoner will vary from prison institution to institution - it is usually only available if the inmate has a long sentence.
The chaplain at the prison will be a good source of information about getting married there.
If your relationship with a prisoner has been only through mail or email correspondence, don't get married!
Before getting married, talk with others who have married prisoners so you have an understanding of how difficult this role may be...
Read moreSubject: Commissary
Inmates may not receive anything like protein shakes or protein powder from the outside. They are only allowed to buy items off of the commissary list. If protein powder is found in the possession of an inmate, it will be an immediate trip to the SHU and possible loss of good time, loss of commissary, phone and visitation privileges and likely a transfer to a one-level higher facility.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
No, all of the phone calling cards available for use by inmates must be purchased at the commissary from money on their inmate trust account. If you are long distance you might look into our Discount Telephone Service. We are able to cut the prices of phone calls for about 80% of the situations. Send us the name of the facility and your phone number, we will assess the situation and give you an honest estimate of call prices with...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
Send us your telephone number and the facility name - we will give you an honest estimate before you sign-up
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Paytel.com - If the calls are more than $2.00 each, contact us because we have had great success saving up to $12.00 per call when the fees are that high. Send us your telephone number and the facility where your inmate is held and we will give you an honest estimate before you sign up.
Subject: Inmate search
The inmate pages are created and maintained by the member/users of the site. All of the inmate data is entered by the member/user of the site, not InmateAid. We do not monitor, verify or update the information unless requested by the member/user.
Send us the new information on your inmate and we will change for you on their profile
Subject: Sentencing questions
This is a serious charge. Depending on the amount of drugs and if there was any violence, his sentence could be ranging from two years to twenty years. The problem with an estimation is that there is too little information about the offender and the charges to give you a more accurate guestimate.
Subject: Inmate transfer
This is the status level for what type of custody the inmate is classified most notably in the TDCJ system, but in other state systems as well. This designates where and what type of facility they will be housed.
The line class levels from highest to lowest level are as follows:
S1 - minimum custody, S2 - low custody, S3 - medium custody and S4 - maximum custody
There are only a few of S1 facilities in the TDCJ. Most...
Read more