Smoking is banned in all federal correctional facilities and in the vast majority of state and county facilities across the country. The ban covers tobacco products entirely, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and related items. Tobacco is contraband in most prisons and inmates found with it face disciplinary consequences. This has been the standard for many years and is not likely to change. On gang activity at Boonville specifically, Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron and the Boonville facilities in Missouri are state-operated...

If your number is already local to your partner at Balch Springs Jail, then in most cases, there is little to no savings using a local number service. Here is why: You are already being billed at the local rate, which is usually the lowest available The main purpose of services like InmateAid is to convert long distance calls into local calls However, there is one exception: If the facility uses Securus Technologies or a similar provider, sometimes: Even “local” calls are priced unusually high Using a different local number (from another rate center)...

Rockdale County Jail in Conyers, Georgia offers contact visitation, meaning you will be in the same room as your boyfriend rather than separated by glass. Visits run approximately 20 minutes, and correctional officers are present in the visitation area throughout. Physical contact is limited. A brief hug at the beginning and end of the visit is generally permitted. Extended physical contact or anything beyond that is not allowed with staff present, and any behavior that draws attention from the officers will...

Tracy, formally known as the Deuel Vocational Institution, is one of California's reception centers where newly sentenced inmates go through intake and classification before being transferred to their permanent facility. The reception process takes time, and phone access is not available until that process is complete. Most inmates at a California reception center complete Admissions and Orientation within a couple of days to about two weeks after arrival, though the timeline varies depending on how many new arrivals are being processed...

High Desert State Prison in Nevada is a medium to high security facility with a reputation that sometimes gets exaggerated in the telling. Like any prison of its security level, it is not a comfortable place, but inmates who carry themselves respectfully and stay out of other people's business generally do their time without serious incident. On the transgender population, yes, Nevada state prisons house transgender inmates within the general population in some circumstances, consistent with state policy. Interactions are generally...