Both are genuinely good choices and serve different purposes. A health and fitness magazine gives your family member something practical and motivating. Exercise is one of the few things inside that an inmate has real control over, and a fitness publication can fuel that routine with new workouts, nutritional information, and a focus on physical discipline. It also reinforces a healthy mindset during a period when it is easy to let things slide. A business magazine like Forbes
Read moreIf eligible, Class 1 earns 30 days of good time credit per month. Class 2 earns 20 days credit per month; Class 3 earns 10 days credit per month; and Class 4 does not earn any good time. All inmates are placed in Class 2 status when they arrive
Read moreYour instincts are already pointed in the right direction. The middle ground between too friendly and too hard is exactly where you want to land, and your background actually gives you an advantage in finding it. With a one to two year sentence you are most likely looking at a lower custody facility, possibly a camp or a low-security women's institution. The population at that level is generally not looking to create serious problems. Most women in that environment
Read moreInmates do not register with InmateAid and they do not pay anything. The service exists entirely for the people on the outside who want to support someone who is incarcerated. Your inmate never needs to create an account, sign up for anything, or spend a dollar of their own money to receive what you send. Here is how it actually works. You create the account, set up your inmate's profile with their facility information, and place your order. InmateAid's
Read moreDepends on how the account is set up. If you set up a "one-number only" Service like InmateAid, only the calls you pay for will come to you.
Read moreThe Letters from Inmates Service are only $1.89 per mail piece. The inmate is using the InmateAID physical address to receive the mail. We then scan the contents into a file that you access in your My Account Dashboard. A lot of our best customers like having the privacy of their home address for safety reasons. Addresses get in the hands of other inmates and this Service removes that potential problem.
Read moreThis is going to depend on the number of people affected by the crime, the amount of money "lost" from the actions of the defendant and their criminal history are all mitigating factors in the sentence determination. It could be years frankly.
Read moreThe answer depends on one critical document: the Judgment and Commitment Order signed by the sentencing judge. If that order includes a parole provision, your person could be looking at a parole hearing in about 32 months. Missouri's parole board evaluates cases based on conduct while incarcerated, completion of recommended programming, and the nature of the original offense. A nonviolent first-time offender with a clean institutional record presents a strong case for release at the earliest eligible point.
Read moresure, letters are great... so are pictures, but they cannot contain any nudity or they'll be sent back.
Read moreNo, this is more for the friends and family of the incarcerated and none of the messages or correspondence with the inmates is public. Unless you are asking a question on Ask the Inmate, we publish the questions and the answers so that maybe something you ask will help something who has the same question but didn't ask. This is definitely NOT a dating site.
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