That is why InamteAID's letter service is so widely used - the address on our mail is our office in South Florida. If you do not have the return address the mail will likely get returned unopened.

You may call the Clerk of the Court where he was charged. This is public information.

The phone service at a particular correctional center is set up through bid process. Whichever company has the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls - essentially has a monopoly. Therefore, you have to use them to receive any calls. The choice is whether you pay them for a long distance call (to your number) or a local call (to a number that we get you). If you are already local, we cannot save you

Usually the lag time is between 1-3 weeks. There is an orientation period that the inmate has to complete before they are allowed to submit their phone list. Without knowing where your inmate is incarcerated we are guessing as to the actual time you'll have to wait.

Yes, you can get married in the federal prison system as long as they are not in their last twelve months. Each partner must be legally eligible and mentally competent to marry. Marriages may be blocked for security or disciplinary reasons; solitary confinement can block access to marriage. Those seeking to marry should approach the warden or chaplain to determine the individual requirements for marriage at each particular institution. Step 1 Call the prison and speak to the

Western Union may or may not be the money transfer solution for that facility. If they are, you will need the inmate's ID number and the city and state code for the facility. You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get that specific information.

The phone lines are active and ready to use when they are emailed to you. You can check to see if it is working by dialing the number on a different phone to verify that it is ringing on the forward-to number that you've provided.

The money that you sent to your inmate via Western Union goes on their books at the institution. That money may be used for commissary purchases and in some cases phone service. People using our Inmate Response letter service do so in lieu of providing the inmate with their own address. We are working on creating a solution whereby you would place a minimum amount of money in a "Wallet" and then it would deduct every transaction off the balance.

Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your

We only know there is an issue is when mail is returned. The delays that occur inside a prison are unexplained. We have a great track record but lousy explanations why it takes longer than usual sometimes because the mail room personnel will not tell us a reason. The only way you will know if they received it is when they respond, unless the letter is returned to us - in that event we will investigate the reason and notify