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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

First and foremost, know that there is only one option for a phone provider at ALL the facilities in the US. The one that has the contract, sets the rates and terms... essentially a monopoly at the prison. We are not replacing them, we are using their pricing to find the best possible phone number to make the calls the cheapest possible price. If we can save you money, we will get the line, if not we refund the money... immediately.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

You can send the USA Today newspaper into the Florida DOC facilities

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Subject: Visitation

As a general rule, juvenile facilities only allow visitation from the immediate family. It has nothing to do with your age, it's limited to mother, father, sister, brother and grandparents only.

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Subject: Visitation

You will only have a problem if there is a bench warrant. Did you have a court date and fail to appear? If so, there might be a warrant (or maybe not), so you'll have to decide whether to test it. A simple traffic ticket will not cause you a problem.

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Subject: Release questions

Well, congratulations for riding it out with him. This next episode will be another test. He is going to be overwhelmed at all the new technology that everyone uses and knows well. He'll feel left out in that regard. He will be somewhat institutionalized in the habits and routines that got him to the door. The hurdles are finding work and getting into positive and progressive routines that have some hope attached. Without that feeling that he can provide for his

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Subject: Send inmate mail

OMG YES! If you could see the inmate's faces at mail call, you would know how vitally import getting something. Not to be a commercial, but that is what InmateAid is all about. The services on the site are the ONLY things we can do for our loved ones stuck inside. Letters with great quality photos, postcards where you can upload any picture to the other side of your message, greeting cards for every holiday and meaning, magazine subscriptions -

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Subject: Relationship issues

This is one of the most common questions families and partners ask, and it deserves an honest answer rather than a reassuring one. People do change in prison. It happens. The combination of time, consequences, reflection, and distance from the circumstances that led to incarceration genuinely transforms some people. Those stories are real. But the honest reality is that incarceration also produces a very particular kind of emotional intensity that does not always survive contact with the outside

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Subject: Parole & probation

It is possible but not the most likely outcome, and the specifics of why he is on probation matter more than the probation status itself. When an inmate is approved for home placement, the supervising agency does not simply rubber-stamp any address submitted. They review the proposed residence and the people living there as part of determining whether the placement is appropriate. A household member on probation is a flag that gets attention, not an automatic disqualifier. What

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Subject: Relationship issues

People who go to jail a lot seem to be on the move quite often. It has nothing to do with caring, its about survival in many cases. If you have moved on, it's probably for the best.

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