Inmates that are incarcerated for a long period become institutionalized. They get used to having no responsibility, they are fed, housed and generally don't have to take care of themselves. They are told when to wake, when to sleep, when to eat, etc. The controlling of one's routine sometimes removes the desire of a person to get back into society and cope. If there were more programs that focused on the inmate's reentry, focused on the vocational aspect of their...

InmateAid's letter service runs through the US Postal Service, not the internet. Your friend does not need to know about the program or sign up for anything. He does not receive an email or a notification. He simply gets a physical letter delivered through normal mail call, the same as any letter sent from home. There is nothing for him to do on his end to receive it. As for the timeline, letters typically take 2 to 3 business days to...

Our service is not a replacement for the phone service at the jail/prison/detention center. Our service makes theirs less expensive by using a phone number that is either local to the facility or some other area code that we are sure will reduce the call price. Your inmate dials this number we've provided and it will ring on your current phone. You will need to register the number with phone service (just like you would your long distance number without...

It would appear that you've answered your own question. If he is getting released in four months and he can't add a Malvern number to his call list, then there would not seem to be any benefit. The flip side is that the call price differential is about $4.00 per call. We have a high density of users of the InmateAid Discount telephone service in The Omega Technical Violator Center and have not heard of the difficulty adding a number to...