Prisoners who have been in the system for longer than a year typically do not make much income. In fact, they may not even make enough to be required to file taxes. If the inmate does not have an outside prison source of income, they do not likely make enough money from inmate wages.

Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments programs prohibit payments to most inmates. They will suspend your Social Security benefits if you are confined to a jail, prison or other penal institution for more than 30 continuous days due to a criminal conviction. Although you can’t get monthly Social Security benefits while you are confined, we will continue to pay benefits to your dependent spouse or children as long as they remain eligible. If you

Medicaid, the joint federal-state health care program covering about 70 million Americans, is the primary means through which states and localities provide health care access to vulnerable populations. But while jurisdictions have never been precluded by inmates’ incarceration status from enrolling them in Medicaid, such coverage has historically been unavailable to most jail and prison inmates because, as non-disabled adults without dependent children, they did not meet many states’ eligibility criteria.

A furlough is not a right but a privilege granted a federal prison inmate under prescribed conditions. It is not a reward for good behavior, or a means to shorten a criminal sentence. A furlough is defined as “an authorized absence from a federal prison by an inmate who is not under escort of a staff member, U.S. Marshal, or state or federal agents”. Getting a furlough approved is a long shot, but not impossible. It doesn't happen often

According to the FCC, some prison inmates have had to pay as much as $17 for a 15 minute phone call. There is only one way to beat these rates, and calling collect is not it. You need to acquire the best phone number for the rate center of that facility. InmateAid has a fairly priced solution, to see if this is right for your, email us your telephone number and the prison or jail where your inmate is located

It could be for a number of reasons. If you call the facility, they may or may not tell you why. Work release is reserved for inmates with the best record while incarcerated. Work release is a privilege as the inmates are working outside the complex with a minor supervision and a high level of trust. If something happened that would remove that status, it might be why they've taken him off work release. Or it could be something else

She will not know about the new number to dial until you or someone else lets her know. We will provide a coupon code for you to use in letting her know. If you can get the number to her through a staff member you could try that. It is not 100% effective. The concept of the service is that it is the number that provides the discount through the company with the contract for the facility your

We do not have any first-hand accounts of this facility but it is a decent sized place and by the online description, there are a lot of correctional officers on duty. This means that they have a big budget which makes the treatment much better for inmates. There are no reports of heavy gang activity which rises the level of anxiety and bad behavior exponentially. But, let's face it, this is prison and he will have to behave himself and

Inmates can call collect as long as it is to a land line that has a billing arrangement with the carrier. Generally what has happened to this feature is that with so many cell phones in use, there is no way for the carrier to bill you after-the-fact, which is why this option is not as popular as it was before

What is your inmate's name, their DOB and the state they are in? We will see what we can find.