Subject: Inmate phone calls
You have to find out who is the phone carrier at the location where your inmate is incarcerated. Once we know that information, we can better evaluate your situation. Send us the institution name and state along with your telephone number to aid@inmateaid.com and we will give you an honest estimate of the savings we can get you, if any.
Subject: Prison discipline
The "hole", also known as the SHU (special housing unit) is prison inside prison. The inmate is in a one or two man cell with zero access to the outside world except for two one-hour exercise periods where you are in a cage outside. It is strict, high security with 24/7 monitoring. Inamtes get three square meals per day and three showers per week, one 15-minute phone call per week and a very abbreviated commissary list. It is not the...
Read moreSubject: Marriage in prison
You may marry an inmate is many of the institutions. There are some stipulations and requirements. We encourage you to call the chaplain at the facility and ask whether this is allowed there or not. Also, your inmate cannot be a "short-timer" as they will encourage you to wait until they are released. Your will need to file for a marriage license.
Subject: Sentencing questions
Para que le demos una respuesta precisa, tendríamos que saber los cargos del delito, si son graves. La sentencia proviene del tipo de delito, si fue la violencia involucrada, una pistola, ¿cuál fue el valor del crimen (pérdida o ganancia), daños a la propiedad y los antecedentes penales del acusado. Si usted tiene más detalles, estaremos encantados de responder.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Downstate Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison in Fishkill, New York. Most inmates sent to this type of facility are there for a "sentence", not a short stay - this is not a holding facility. The phone service there is called GTL (offenderconnect.com). You have to use them regardless - if your are long distance, the calls will be $6.00 or so. We can get the calls to about $1.65. If you are going to speak with your boyfriend only...
Read moreSubject: Visitation
No. You will need to have a valid government issued ID like a driver's license, a passport or something that lets the staff know who you are and that your ID matches the name on the approval list.
Subject: Send inmate mail
You can send anything but straight nudity, drugs in the picture, weapons in the picture or tattoos. Sexy pictures like lingerie and/or bikinis are not a problem. Make them tasteful and they will all be allowed.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
Corrections Corporation of America - a private prison management company
Subject: Inmate transfer
No, there is absolutely no benefit for transferring - they make the decisions where an inmate will be housed.
Subject: Send inmate mail
It gets there within 2-3 business days at the latest. The part we cannot control is the delay that sometimes happens at the facility mail room level (for a variety of reasons).
