Subject: Send books and magazines
Several popular magazines covering cars, bikes, and women are accepted at most correctional facilities and available through InmateAid's magazine service.
For cars and motorsports, Car and Driver and Drag Racer are solid choices that clear mailrooms consistently. Muscle Machines covers classic and custom cars and tends to be well received inside.
For bikes combined with women, Easyriders and Hot Bike are the most popular options in that category. Both have been staples in correctional facilities for years and are widely recognized and...
Read moreSubject: Relationship issues
There is no way to find out, the information even for inmates is completely private. Only the inmate and the administration knows who sends money, sends mail, phone call list and visitation list.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
Sometimes, the orientation period if different depending on when you arrive. If A & O is done every Wednesday, like the federal facilities, and you get there on Tuewday, you wait one day, if you get there on a Wednesday, you'll have to wait a week.
Subject: Medical treatment
No. The medical procedure will take place in a hospital under guard. When he is released from the hospital, he'll be transported to his current facility and do rehab there. They will have him on work restriction or whatever the doctor orders. But no one gets released for medical reasons unless they are in hospice.
Subject: Sentence reduction
Unfortunately, there are no programs for early release for sex offender in the state of Maine. There are mandatory programs that the inmate must complete but none leads to a shortening of the sentence. Then there is the long probation period following release along with mandatory registration in the Sex Offender Registry that remains on their record forever. Here is a link to the ME DOC pdf that explains their program.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
After setting up your InmateAid phone account, the new local number gets sent directly to your email. Check your inbox, and your spam folder if it does not appear right away, for the notification containing the assigned number. That number is operational immediately once it arrives.
A simple way to confirm everything is working correctly is to dial the new number from a different phone, a friend's cell or a landline, and listen for it ringing through to your current phone....
Read moreSubject: Bail & bond questions
There is no second chance for a bond if you are stupid enough to get arrested while out on a bond. Usually, the judge who was generous and lenient allowing you to remain free while awaiting your trial would laugh at such a request. The whole idea is that you get out on bond and stay out of trouble.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
Yes. Letters from Inmates is a service that our members enjoy becasue there is an ability to keep your own address private. We charge $1.49 for the service and is used by thousands everyday.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Leavenworth Detention Center is operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as CCA, and uses IC Solutions as its phone carrier. Knowing the carrier is the starting point for understanding how to reduce your per-minute costs.
IC Solutions charges rates based on the destination number being called. Local numbers, meaning numbers with an area code close to the Leavenworth facility in Kansas, are billed at a lower rate than out-of-state numbers. If your phone number is already local to the Leavenworth area, you...
Read moreSubject: General prison questions-terminology
The fact that you are asking this question at 15 already puts you ahead of where most people are when they finally decide to change. Most people wait until the consequences get bad enough that they have no choice. You are choosing before that happens. That matters.
Here is the most honest thing anyone can tell you: look at who you spend your time with. The phrase that has stayed with me is this, show me your friends and I will...
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