The people answering on here are not in prison now. We used to be incarcerated, we work for InmateAid who employs us to answer these questions the best way we know how, unedited, from our experiences and some from what you see others go through. We get thousands and thousands of requests... there are a great majority that are the same. We can't answer them all, so if yours is the same question that is already posted already on the site,
Read moreYes, most sentences are only served to the 85% mark. Good time credit is 15% and given to every inmate as they enter prison, an inmate can only lose goodtime. On a 10-year state sentence or 120 month federal sentence, the sentence served would be 102 months. This providing that the inmate remain in good standing, not full of incident reports, disciplinary transfers, etc.
Read moreThe standard that most facilities accept is a 4 x 6 inch photo, which is the same size as a standard print you would get from any photo lab. That format is widely recognized and approved across jails and prisons because it is easy to inspect and does not create concealment concerns the way larger or unusually formatted prints might. InmateAid prints photos on glossy photo stock at exactly that size, printed edge to edge. These are not cheap
Read moreThere is no single answer because sentencing for methamphetamine charges runs across an enormous range depending on several factors that courts weigh individually. What follows is a realistic breakdown of how those factors shape the outcome. Criminal history is probably the single biggest variable. A first-time offender caught with a small personal-use amount in a state that has moved toward treatment-based sentencing might see probation, a diversion program, or a short county jail term. Someone with prior drug convictions
Read moreBefore you make any calls or contact the facility, stop and think carefully about your own exposure here. This is not a situation where being proactive and helpful is automatically in your interest. If drugs were found on a stamp you mailed, your name and return address are already on that envelope. The facility has it. Depending on how seriously they pursue it, that information can be referred to local law enforcement or federal authorities. Mailing a controlled substance
Read moreFPC, or Federal Prison Camp would be without question considered the best way to do prison time. There are no fences, no cells, the living arrangements are similar to an army barracks where there are rows of bunk beds and lockers. They share a common bathroom and laundry room. All inmates have are required to have a prison job. Orderlies clean the areas, landscaping the property, some work in recreation, education, the library, the chapel, commissary, the chow hall. None of
Read moreYou must notify the inmate that you now have a phone number that they are to use to call you only. Using this phone number will make their call to you, less expensive. If you are paying for the call anyway, it might as well be at the lowest possible rate offered.
Read moreMaybe. Inmates are surviving their bid anyway they can. If their family disowns them as happens quite often, an inmate will turn to new companionship. Is it going last beyond the bid? Most times it will not. We are not clairvoyant so don't take these words as gospel. But what i've seen with my own eyes is that these deals don't end well for the girl that waited (in most cases)
Read moreYes, inmates in medical units are supposed to receive mail. It is not supposed to stop just because someone has been moved out of general population and into a medical setting. That said, delivery can slow down depending on how the facility is set up. Some medical units are in a separate building or even off the main property entirely, which means mail does not always move on the same daily schedule as the rest of the facility. It gets
Read moreThis first depends on where yopur inmate is incarcerated. InmateAid has a listing of the correct phone service matched to every facility. Remember, there are no replacements for the services at the prison or jail, the company with the contract is running the phone system with competition. They get to make the rates. That is where InmateAid comes in. We have done the hard work of knowing what phone line gets the lowest price. It used to be that local
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