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Subject: Inmate search

You can write her a [letter](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters). Make sure you include her inmate ID on the envelope. You can use our service it is reliable, convenient and fast.

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

InmateAid is NOT a replacement for the phone service at the prison or jail, we make their service cheaper with local phone numbers. Here is how the industry works: The phone service at any particular correctional center is set up through bid process. Whomever has the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls - essentially has a monopoly. Therefore, you have to use them to receive any calls. The choice is whether you

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Subject: Visitation

Prison visitation has strict rules about what can be brought inside, and they are enforced without much flexibility. Understanding what is and is not permitted before you arrive saves you from a wasted trip or an embarrassing turn-away at the entrance. The standard across most facilities is that visitors may bring a small amount of change, typically around $20, carried in a clear plastic bag that allows staff to see the contents at a glance. That money is used

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

No. Unused phone minutes or phone account balances do not roll over in the way a cell phone plan might. Whatever time or credit is not used within the allotted period does not carry forward to the next month or quarter. This is true across most prison phone providers, including Securus, ICSolutions, and GTL. The minute allotments set by the facility reset on their own schedule and unused portions simply expire. It is not a system designed with the

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Normally, the disclosure of the location and custody status of an inmate is not made ahead of time for security reasons. The determination is made at the administrative level and the outside world has no impact on these decisions. Even the sentencing judge can only make a recommendation as to where they house the offender, the final decision is up to the Department of Corrections or Bureau of Prisons

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Subject: Send books and magazines

Not really. The only thing that inmates might envy are magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Inmates that receive a lot of reading material like that are popular among the inmates as they usually get passed around. Reading material is a sort of currency that give the receiving inmate a lot of clout

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Subject: Re-entry & rehabilitation

All of the Probation Detention Centers in Georgia are minimum security facilities provided for the housing probationers. Offenders may be sent there directly from sentencing, or sent there if they have proven an inability to handle probation on the outside, or have been sent there as a result of direct violation or revocation of their parole. These centers have strict schedules which include directly supervised work on the outside and programs to aid the probationer in their successful re-entry to

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

The fire conservation camp inmates are lower security rated inmates that are given the privilege of working outside the walls of a standard prison. Their custody level is "minimum" which means there are no fences and very liberal incarceration methods. But, they are still inmates of the State and must not violate the trust that this custody level affords them. They have commissary to buy the essentials and extras that are on the list of available items. They may call

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

You can go straight to the source, the Clerk of the Court where your son was arraigned. Ask the person answering the phone the name of the judge presiding over the case and that you would like a written copy of the charges. You might have to pay a small fee for the information. This is where attorneys go to get their information to handle their cases, they often have to pay a small amount for copying charges. You are

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Subject: Inmate search

What is your inmate's DOB? What state are they inmate incarcerated in? This will help us locate them and create a profile for you to keep in contact with.

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