Setting up InmateAid's discount phone service does not require finding your inmate in the system or knowing their inmate ID number. The phone service works differently from the letter and photo service in this regard. All you need to get started is the name of the facility where your inmate is housed and your own phone number, the one you want calls forwarded to. InmateAid's system uses those two pieces of information to analyze the phone carrier's rate structure at that...

Absolutely, 100% as long as you selected the correct facility. But even if there was a mistake, or the inmate got transferred, InmateAid will resend the mail again at no charge. The Company has served over fifty million users since 2012.  Read the testimonials, there was one that should give you great comfort: "My nephew was recently moved from a facility to a new one but I had just sent an electronic postcard to the old one & inmateAID forwarded it...

The short answer is "yes", but there is a little more to it. One of the reasons InmateAid offers the Greeting Cards service is that the process follows strict guidelines for incoming mail. Most store-bought cards have glitter or other affixings that might cause it to be rejected in the mail room of the prison. The selection of cards on InmateAid are delivered on a postcard that meets the standards of every facility in the US. For 99 cents each,...

The SHU, or Special Housing Unit, strips away most of what makes daily life manageable, but it does not eliminate all contact with the outside world. Mail continues to reach SHU inmates. That is one of the few privileges that survives a SHU placement largely intact, which makes letters and photos one of the most meaningful things you can send during this period. InmateAid can get a letter to your person without your home address on the envelope, and having something...

Being on probation disqualifies you from the standard visitor approval process, regardless of whether you are family or not. The background check that every visitor goes through flags active probation, parole, and felony convictions, and the result is an automatic denial through normal channels. The rule applies equally to family members and friends. A mother on probation faces the same barrier as a friend on probation. The relationship to the inmate does not change the underlying disqualification. That does not mean the...

Do not deposit or cash the check yourself. It is not yours to negotiate, even with good intentions, and doing so could create a legal problem you do not want. The right process is to contact his counselor at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center and explain the situation. Tell them his paycheck arrived and you want to get it deposited into his commissary or phone account. The facility will instruct you to send the unsigned check directly to them. Once...

If this is a state charge, you can contact the Clerk of the Court in the county where they were arrested. If this is a federal charge, you can Google your inmate's name with the word "indictment" to see the FBI's statement on the charges. They love to brag about their conquests so there is no lack of publicity.   If neither of these work, you can use a pay service that has the most accurate and up-to-date arrest information nationwide. That cost...