Mail is considered sacred in a prison, detention center or jail. You cannot send stamps and other sundries through the mail, you can only send her money to her inmate trust account. When the inmate has money on their books, they buy the writing material and stamps at the commissary. There is also a program for indigent inmates at every facility where they supply paper, pencil, envelopes and stamps. Whether the inmate has money on their books or not, there

Everybody is different. If family is important, then you want to see everyone and give them a big hug. Food is pretty weak inside and a nice home-cooked meal is a huge luxury for a newly released inmate. Then reality sets in and you have to start thinking about where to find employment and what you are going to do to be a better citizen and friend this time around.

Depending upon where they located, there are various services online or ways to send it through the mail. Where is your inmate incarcerated?

You will have to place money into his inmate trust account where he must buy a special player that is made specifically for prison inmates. You cannot send in anything other than letters, photos, magazine subscriptions and paperback books that are shipped direct from the publisher. You have to be very careful about mailing anything as it will get rejected.

Visitation is different in every prison system. Whether it is federal, state or state, they all have a set of rules that have to be followed - where your inmate may have to place you on a list. Some require a form to be filled out and background check performed (Arizona requires you to pay a fee for that check). Others allow you to come straight in with just a government ID. What prison are you thinking about visiting, we

Commissary is only once per week. There are dollar limits as to the amount that may be spent in a given week or month. It is usually $50-75 for weekly maximums in state facilities and $310 per month in federal.

Yes, you add money to the prison phone carrier using the new number we provided. You have to use them regardless, the choice you are making is to use a number that will give you the same call for a lot less. The difference in the call price will pay for our service in about 3-5 calls.

Western Union does not have Wayne County as a money transfer vendor. Money may by deposited into a Wayne County Jail Inmate's Commissary account under the following conditions: the money order must contain the Inmate's full and correct name and his WCJ Inmate number in order for the monies to be credited to the proper account. The money order must contain a return address and preferably a telephone number, in the event the person is discharged or there is a

Your inmate cannot receive calls, they can only make outbound calls. You can help you inmate by setting up the service so that their calls are paid for. If you are interested in doing thins, check with us via email (aid@inmateAID.com) and we can give you an honest estimate of the price of the calls, and if we can make those calls even cheaper through our Discount Telephone Service.

Inmates new to a facility will have to go through Admissions and Orientation. This is where they learn the rules of the prison and it is there where the visitation and phone privileges are spelled out. It can take only a few days to get into the system to communicate or up to a couple of weeks. It depends on the staff and the attitude, compliance and behavior of the inmate.