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Subject: Marriage in prison

the key is persistence. you should have your inmate talk to the chaplain to see if they are even eligible to get married in jail

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Sending newspapers to an inmate is possible and staying connected to the outside world through current events is something many inmates genuinely value during a long sentence. There are two ways to approach it depending on whether you want a national publication or a local newspaper from home. For national newspapers InmateAid offers subscriptions to several publications including the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, two of the most popular choices among incarcerated readers. You can set up

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Subject: Send inmate mail

printed on glossy photo paper to the edge... sent by US Mail into the prison or jail with InmateAid's return address

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Subject: Send inmate mail

They can be naughty but you cannot expose your private parts. You can take some selfies and upload them here on the website and we have them printed and mailed to your inmate immediately

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Subject: Visitation

New Mexico did away with conjugal visits for inmates in 2014. New York, California, Washington and Connecticut still offer them to prisoners.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

Only items purchased through the commissary AND all personal mail, legal documents or writings. 

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Subject: Pending criminal charges

without knowing more about the charges, the victim, your past criminal history... it would be impossible to guess. why not hire a lawyer to explore the facts on your behalf. it's time to stop looking over your shoulder and get this past you?

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Subject: Relationship issues

halfway houses are the only place that it could happen. in prison or jail there is no way for them to hook up unless you pay the guards to arrange it for you.

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Subject: Website function questions

yes - a former inmate who is happy to be answering questions, not from a jail cell

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Subject: Commissary

This depends on your finances. If money is no object $300 would be a decent amount to get all the essentials from the commissary and have some money on the phone account too. They "need" a pair of sneakers, a radio and some brand name toiletries that the facility doesn't provide.

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