Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
Yes, finding out what fines, fees, or restitution an inmate owes is possible and paying them on behalf of your loved one is something families do regularly.
The Clerk of Court
The fastest and most direct source is the Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was heard and the sentence was imposed. Call them directly and ask for the outstanding balance on the case. You will need the case number if you have it, or the inmate's full legal...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
You can contact GTL and ask them to swap the number you have for the number we provide. In almost every case nationwide with GTL, there is a $4.00 per call savings with our numbers. You might also let them know on their last call to your old number about the change - most inmates already know about the service and probably alerted you to contact us.
Regardless, we offer a coupon for a free letter or postcard with the purchase...
Read moreSubject: All topics
You can send letters and photos, magazines and books also care packages (they must be bought and delivered to the facility by an approved vendor). InmateAid can do most of that for you, don't do it yourself, it is likely to be returned or discarded.
Subject: Bail & bond questions
Using only the information you've given us, our opinion (and we are NOT lawyers) is that the bond is set at arraignment not during the warrant phase. Our instincts tell us that they owe money to the courts for child support or some fine that has triggered the warrant. You can call the Clerk of the Court and find out how the warrant was written. Your answers are in that document.
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
The prisons do not keep inmates beyond their release date unless there is something like a detainer or that the inmate caught a new charge. You can contact the judge's office who originally sentenced him and see what the actual sentence was. And then the clerk of the court to see if there is anything pending in that jurisdiction.
Subject: All topics
Yes, the service for that facility is City TeleCoin. We will get you a number that will make the calls at the cheapest rate they offer. There should be a savings of $3-4 per call.
Subject: Send inmate mail
The online letter is the most reliable. Inmates have to call you, you cannot call in and ask to speak to them. Therefore, the letter can initiate contact but then the inmate would have to call you.
Subject: Send inmate mail
The inmates may write you back through us. If they do, we scan their mail into your account and notify you by email that you have correspondence.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
Yes, InmateAid works with every county jail, state and federal prison
Subject: Send inmate mail
Yes, absolutely we will notify you that they have written you back
