Hair dye is a minor infraction especially in a camp, but contraband is a loosely used term in the incident reports. Contraband can be a weapon, drugs, obvious signs of operating a business, gambling records or ANYTHING not on the comissary list. Hair dye seems almost like a nuisance charge, we wonder whose bad-side did your husband get on. Our guess is that the SHU stay will be no more than two weeks and he might have some limitations on commissary purchases...

Parole approval is great news, but it is the beginning of a process, not the end of one. The gap between approval and walking out the door is one of the more frustrating parts of the system for families to navigate because it feels like the hard part is done and yet nothing seems to be moving. The reality is that two to six months between approval and release is completely normal. Here is why it takes that long. After approval, the...

There are several facilities specifically for sex offenders, the most notable is FCI Tuscon. The RDAP program might allow a non-violent sex offender with another layer of administrative scrutiny. Since we do not know the wording in the Judgment and Commitment Order, we don't want to give you false hope. Reasons for non-eligibility: Inmates not eligible for early release include those who have a prior felony or misdemeanor conviction for homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, or child sexual abuse. Also not eligible for...

Colorado's Youthful Offender System is specifically designed as an intensive rehabilitation program rather than a standard incarceration sentence, and that distinction matters significantly for how the six years plays out. YOS operates on a model where early release is built into the program structure for young offenders who engage seriously with the programming, demonstrate genuine behavioral change, and meet the milestones the system sets. Whether early release is available to your son specifically depends on what the sentencing judge wrote in...

The short answer is that if you have the right facility on file, it will get there. Every jail and prison in the United States is required to accept mail delivered through the United States Postal Service. That is not a policy that varies by state or county. It is a baseline that applies across the board, which is why InmateAid routes everything through USPS. Postcards, greeting cards, photos, and letters all go out the same way, and InmateAid has been...

There will be some sort of form to fill out as you will probably need to somehow gain approval from the jail staff. You should call the facility to get the visiting days, the hours, the dress code and all the restrictions you want to know about ahead of arrival. If you know the name of the jail, look it up using our Prison Directory. Find the facility and click on the Visitation button on their page. The details should...

You do not have to wait. Send it now if you want to, and here is why. InmateAid has a standing policy that covers exactly this situation. If your inmate gets transferred and a letter, postcard, or any other item gets caught in the move and fails to reach them, InmateAid will resend or replace everything at no charge. No questions, no fees, no hassle. The only thing you need to do is let them know what happened. Send an email to...

Whether your letter follows your inmate to a new facility depends entirely on which systems are involved in the transfer. Here is how it actually works. If your inmate stays within the same system, the mail will get there. A federal inmate transferred from one federal facility to another, regardless of state, will eventually receive forwarded mail. The same applies to state systems. Mail sent to a state prison will follow an inmate to another state facility within the same department...