Garfield County Adult Detention Center in Oklahoma does not permit inmates to marry while housed there. That is not unique to Garfield County. Most county jails across the country restrict or outright prohibit inmate marriages, and Oklahoma county facilities generally fall into that category. The distinction between facility types matters here. The federal Bureau of Prisons does permit inmates to marry while incarcerated, and many state prison systems do as well, though policies vary considerably from state to state.

Only federal inmates have access to an email account. The program is called CorrLinks and it is a closed environment. Inmates in state or county facilities generally do not have the ability to receive or send email messages. NO inmate has access to the Internet.

Yes, you may send items like books, magazines and newspapers to your inmate as long as they are coming from the "publisher". InmateAid's website is set up choose from a wide variety of permitted items. You cannot choose commissary items for inmates. You must send money to them and they are permitted to shop once a week.

The line is nudity. Anything that crosses into exposed private areas will be rejected by the mail room. Everything short of that is generally acceptable. Bikini photos, lingerie, and suggestive poses are fine as long as nothing is explicitly exposed. Facilities inspect all incoming mail and photos, and images containing nudity will be confiscated before they ever reach your boyfriend. In some cases a facility may flag the sender's account for future scrutiny if explicit content is found, so

Phone access varies by facility type, but most prisons and jails allow calls during waking hours, generally from 6:00 AM to 9:30 PM. Breaks throughout the day are common, and access can be restricted at any time at the facility's discretion. County jails operate a little differently. Some have phones directly in the cells or housing units, which means calling can happen around the clock without a set schedule. Others follow the same structured hours as larger facilities. If

No to all three parts of that question, and here is why. Letters do not reach an inmate the same day they are sent, regardless of how they are delivered. All incoming mail goes through the facility mail room first, where staff inspect each piece for contraband before it gets to mail call. That process adds at least a day, and often more depending on mail volume and the facility's schedule. Writing back the same day is not

No. You do not need to provide your personal mailing address anywhere on InmateAid for your inmate to write back to you. All letters sent through InmateAid go out with InmateAid's return address on the envelope, not yours. When your inmate wants to reply, they write back to that address. When the letter arrives, we scan it and post it directly to your account. You receive an email notification and read the reply by logging into the site.

When a correctional facility is dealing with a health crisis and families are not being notified, the burden of finding information falls entirely on the people on the outside. That is not acceptable, but it is the reality, and persistence is the only tool available. Here is how to approach it systematically. Contact the facility directly and go up the chain. Do not stop at the general information line. Get the names and direct contact information for the

There are too many variables in the information provided to give you an reliable answer. Usually, the release statement is what you can rely on and if he has to be in a treatment center, then that is where the bus ticket will take him. In residential treatment, they often times will allow a portion of the time on home confinement but again, there is no way to give you an answer that we would be comfortable telling you is

He could be in segregation for several reasons, but the only one that would delay his release is if they gave his a disciplinary charge and took some "good time" credit away. They can use the term "investigation" and keep an inmate in segregation for as long as they want.