Federal indictments statistically have a 97% conviction rate. Most of the drug conspiracy cases are done with multiple defendants who are typically informing on each other to reduce their own sentence. Depending on the true story behind your husband's involvement, there is a high likelihood that he will indeed do federal time, regardless that he is a first-time offender.  If your husband has some guilt in this case, the best advice we can give is to not spend too much

“Ask the Inmate” is not a direct communication link to a particular inmate, it is a question and answer forum between you and a former inmate who knows how things work on the inside. To communicate, you can write letters or send photos - you will have to go to your My Account area and click on the Inmate Page and then click "Letters". You will be able to communicate to them through there.

Unfortunately you will have to get the number to your inmate as the prisons will not relay messages of any kind from the outside into an inmate. We have a reliable letter service that you may use - ask us and we will provide a coupon code to send the new local number to your inmate.

The inmate pages are created and maintained by the members and users of the site. We do not monitor or verify this self-generated content. If you want to use the service on the website, you will need to set up a profile. If you need help, please send us the inmate's name,inmate ID, state and facility name and we will set it up for you. If you send a letter to the wrong facility through InmateAid, send us the changes

The magistrate that oversaw the arraignment determines bail on a number of factors. Did the magistrate set a bail amount for your inmate? The other defendants either bonded out or were not considered for bail, which brings up another set of questions. If your inmate is not able to get out, this will seem like a long process and will likely drag on for several weeks or even months before there is a disposition. The federal prosecution tends to move

He might not get it if he's been moved. Most of the prison staff members will not forward mail to the inmate's new location. If you provide us with the new location and their ID number, we will change it in their profile and remail it for you at no charge,

When we deliver the new line to you via email within one hour from the time you sign up, and it is ready to go. You are to give the local line we provisioned to your inmate to make their outbound calls with. It will ring to your phone without interfering with your current service. The prison phone carriers maintain a monopoly on outbound calling with only one variance to saving money, the price difference for a local call versus

The diagnostic prison is to assemble information on the inmate for further classification, designation, treatment and programming. Your inmate may not be prison material but very few are when they go in.  There will be an adaptation period where he will need to keep to himself and observe the routine of others and find one that will best fit his personality and interests.  Prison is like a little town with everything that you would see in a community, just in

State inmates are required to do 85% of their sentence. Inmates with less than one year on their sentence do not normally get moved around so we think that unless he comes into a real conflict, he will do the whole sentence there.

Facility Procedures and Expectations for Visitors of the Illinois DOCOn your first visit to a facility you will be required to complete a “Prospective Visitor’s Interview” form. If visitors are provide false information on the form, visitation privileges may be restricted or revoked. IDOC staff has the right to interview or request background information from potential visitors to determine whether the individual would pose a threat to the safety or security of the facility or any person or to the