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Our members create their own inmate profile and use whichever service meets their needs. We do not monitor, verify or update the profiles unless requested to do so. We are always happy to help when asked. The inmate profiles may be removed by the member that created them. If your inmate gets released and their profile is affecting them we will remove it upon a verified request to do so by that person. Please let us know if you need further assistance,...

You can try, but whether it gets through depends on the facility and how the mailroom staff evaluates it. Most prisons and jails allow hand-drawn artwork to be sent through the mail as long as it does not raise any red flags during inspection. The concern on the mailroom's end is not the drawing itself but the materials used to create it. Certain substances have been used to saturate paper and smuggle drugs into facilities, and mailroom staff are trained to...

Try not to panic. Being handcuffed and removed from a cell happens for a wide range of reasons, most of which are not as serious as they look in the moment. The most common explanations are a routine cell search or shakedown, a transfer to a different housing unit within the facility, a medical situation that requires attention, or a move to segregation pending an investigation into something that may or may not involve your husband directly. Facilities also pull inmates...

Inmate education is an area that needs improvement and it appears there are many efforts underway to upgrade it across all incarceration systems. They all offer and most require that all inmates have at least a GED. There are limited secondary educational programs offered. Regardless of what is offered, there are many distance learning programs but they require some form of payment. Courses like the Prison College Program and others are ambitious tasks worthy of your consideration. InmateAid is exploring ways to...