Inmates are allowed to receive mail at EVERY prison, detention center and jail in the United States. InmateAid makes sure that the rules of incoming mail are followed. The letters are printed out and mailed in envelopes with our logo on the outside. There is no marketing material or junk added to your package. If you are sending photos from InmateAid, you can be sure that they are printed on high quality 4"x6" glossy photo paper - printed to the

Western Union is a money transfer partner that does not cover the Mecosta County Jail through their online service. You will have to mail a money order to the jail with the name of your inmate and their ID number: Mecosta County Sheriff's Office 225 S. Stewart Big Rapids, MI 49307

After the staff opens and inspects each piece of mail, they have "mail call". All the inmates assemble in one spot and the guards hand out the mail one envelope at a time. It is the inmate’s responsibility to contact you to let you know they received something you mailed. Write to the inmate if you want to confirm delivery of an item you sent to him or her.

You will have to call the facility. In most cases, you will have to fill out and application and send it in for approval. That process runs your name through the NCIC database. If you are a felon they will deny your visitation. However, there are situations where you can just show up and they'll let you visit but since there are so many wide ranging rules and restrictions that making the trip there without knowing might make it a

Does your inmate have restitution on their Commitment Order? They don't normally take anything if there is no restitution - however some county jails do charge a daily fee for the incarceration. What facility is your inmate located?

You can send sexy pictures as long as there is no visible private parts. Bikinis and lingerie are okay, just keep it tasteful and they will make it to your happy inmate.

Release is done in the early morning. Processing takes about an hour.

There is no set timeline, and the right to a speedy trial does not mean a fast one in practice. The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial, but what qualifies as speedy is defined differently by federal and state law and interpreted case by case. In federal court, the Speedy Trial Act sets specific time limits, but continuances requested by either side routinely extend those windows. In state courts, the rules vary considerably and delays of

We cannot save you money if you are already local unless the prison is using Securus. Some cases where Seucurs is involved, the local calls are super-expensive and when we use a number from Florida or California, the price drops to $3 per call or less.

You can file for divorce in the county and state you live. Once the papers are filed, you hire a process server to serve him at the jail he is incarcerated. He will have time to respond and you go from there. Unfortunately, it happens all the time