The prison food is generally bland. Menus are usually designed by a nutrition for a balanced diet of calories, proteins, carbohydrates and fats.  The taste is not great as they don't have much extra to season the food so you get some mediocre meals. But be certain that the inmates are getting at least 2500 calories per day. You can always put money on their commissary to buy the little extras like bags of tuna, chicken, and mackerel; to go...

Transfer requests are possible but they come with requirements and timelines that vary depending on whether your husband is in the federal or state system. The starting point for any transfer request is the inmate's case manager at the current facility. That is the person who initiates the paperwork and submits the request through the appropriate channels. The request needs to come from inside rather than from family on the outside, which means your husband needs to write a formal request...

The probation officer will contact you when they begin their due diligence on whether the living arrangements are suitable for release living. Obviously there can be no drugs, alcohol or firearms and the location needs to be in an area that is evident to a reasonable person to be a safe neighborhood. Anything resembling a gang area, a drug trafficking area or near extensive nightlife activities will be cause for rejection. Use your best judgement, find a suburban location where...

The person is not notified when you make an InmateAid account, inmates do not have access to the Internet. People have have been in your husband's situation are answering this questions. They are no longer incarcerated. The answer to your third question has many potential answers. Depending on his probation length and the stipulations to their release (set by the courts) will dictate how well this will go. If your loved one has a solid and honest plan when they...

Standard meal times in most correctional facilities follow a fairly predictable schedule built around institutional operations rather than anything resembling a normal dining experience on the outside. Breakfast typically comes early, usually around 5:30 to 6:30 in the morning. Facilities run on early schedules and the kitchen staff, often made up of inmate workers, starts well before most people would consider a reasonable hour. Lunch generally falls around 11:00 to 11:30 in the morning and dinner is served in the mid...

This is one of the most important questions anyone convicted of a sex offense against a child can ask before going inside and the answer requires taking it completely seriously. The first rule is never answer that question directly and honestly in general population. Ever. The inmate code around offenses involving children is absolute and the consequences of that information becoming known in a general population setting range from social isolation to genuine physical danger. No amount of honesty or vulnerability...