Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state houses military inmates at the Regional Correctional Facility, which operates under the jurisdiction of the United States Army rather than the Bureau of Prisons. That distinction matters because military correctional facilities follow Department of Defense regulations rather than standard federal BOP rules, and the restrictions tend to be stricter and less flexible than what civilian federal inmates deal with. Mail is generally permitted but what you can send is tightly controlled. Standard letters
Read moreWe are not a replacement for the prison phone service, we make their service cheaper by providing you a number that will charge you their lowest possible rate. You have to register the number we have provided on their service to receive calls. It is the price difference between local and long distance why people use our service. Therefore, you have to pay Global Tel for every call whether you use us or not, but in your case, the call
Read moreRadios are bought at the commissary and cost about $40
Read moreIf they are in federal prison, you can email them for free but the inmate is charged by the system for the minutes they are on the email program whether reading incoming emails or writing outbound emails. The charges are deducted from their commissary account. The program is called Corrlinks. For other prisons, there are no free services - there is always some form of charge whether it be on the side of the inmate or the side of
Read moreYou will be notified immediately upon receipt, via email, that your inmate has sent you a letter. We scan and upload it into your account for retrieval.
Read moreMost of the state and federal facilities offer courses of various foreign languages through Rosetta Stone computer programs. There are banks of non-internet computers that are available in the education department for inmates to improve their skills and vocation.
Read moreSome facilities do charge a small co-pay for medical and dental visits, typically in the range of a few dollars per visit. It varies by facility, and not all jails have this practice. But here is the important part: an inmate who has no money in their account is not denied medical care because of it. Indigent inmates receive the same treatment as everyone else. The facility cannot legally withhold necessary medical attention because someone cannot pay. So if
Read moreIt depends on the state that issued the warrant and how aggressively they choose to pursue it, and that calculation changes significantly based on the nature of the violation. When someone violates parole by failing to report rather than catching new charges, the issuing state has a decision to make. They can choose to extradite, meaning send law enforcement to pick the person up and transport them back to face the violation, or they can choose not to pursue
Read moreIt depends entirely on how that specific facility processes incoming money orders, and there is no way to know from the outside without checking. Some smaller county jails will process a deposit by name alone if there is no other inmate there with the same name. Others require the inmate ID number and will hold or return anything that arrives without it. Call Gonzales County Jail directly and let them know you sent a money order with just his
Read moreThere is no verification by the jail of the receipt of incoming mail. We only know if the letter is returned. If that occurs we investigate the reason and give you options as to what solutions are available. Sometimes a simple remail works, other times there are missing ID numbers, the inmate got moved or the wrong facility was selected - regardless of the reason will resend the letters at no charge.
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