Subject: Prison discipline
Sometimes the inmates are unable to use the phone. It might be a group or individual punishment that is only temporary. If you go too long without hearing from him, you might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
Yes, even inmates that are in the SHU, solitary confinement or maximum security get at least one hour three days a week. But most inmates are given much more time outdoors. In a general setting there are recreation activities that are all outside. There is a walking track, usually a baseball field, basketball court, handball courts and more. The inmates that get restricted hours are ones that have broken the rules of the prison and are getting extra punishment on...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
The phone service at a particular correctional center is set up through bid process. Whichever company has the contract for all of the inmate outbound calls is doing the business without any competition. Therefore, you have to use them to receive any calls. The choice is whether you pay them for a long distance call (to your number) or a local call (to a number that we get for you). If you are already local, we cannot save you money...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
They are normally able to call within a few day, even with an ICE hold as long as you have money on the phone carrier that has the contract.
We might be able to make those calls less expensive, We get you a new local number matched to the rate center of the detention facility where your inmate is held; it is with that number your inmate dials to connect to you. The savings you receive are different in every...
Read moreSubject: General prison questions-terminology
Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is a company that owns and manages private prisons and detention centers and operates others on a concession basis.
CCA is the largest private corrections company in the United States. It manages more than 65 correctional and detention facilities with a capacity of more than 90,000 beds in 19 states. The company’s revenue in 2015 exceeded more than $2 billion.
Controversies related to the company include: treatment of inmates and disclosure of oversight, lobbying efforts to conceal...
Read moreSubject: Money transfer
Yes they can. They can go to their counselor and fill out a form that would deduct money from their commissary/trust account and designate whom the recipient is. The facility will then sent that person a check.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
The list of approved items is not currently available to through their website. We would suggest calling the facility and asking to speak with a counselor or case manager what the exact list is: (505) 873-2761
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: Send books and magazines
[Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?node=283155&tag=inmatecom-20&camp=15329&creative=394453&linkCode=ur1&adid=1NK4T3Z8XDKYJ0S12D53&&ref-refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inmateaid.com%2Fpages%2Fdetails%2Fsend-books-to-an-inmate-in-prison-or-jail) is one of the only companies that may deliver books to inmates. You have to enter the inmate's name, ID number and the correct address of the facility. You have to buy "new paperback books", the used books are sold by third party affiliates and those books will get rejected. There are no other tricks to it, other than staying away from the other book sellers on the Amazon site that sell used books.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
The service at the San Joaquin County Jail is Securus. We have just checked the rates for this facility and there is an option that will definitely save you money. With your permission, we will reactivate your charges and issue you a number that is actually outside of California altogether. There is a 45% savings per call with this number. Please let us know if this is something you'd like us to do.
