The only expenses an inmate has is commissary and telephone. There is a limit on the amount that can be spent on commissary in a given week or month depending where they are incarcerated. Be mindful that since inmates have a lot of time on their hands, they become very good at tearing at the heartstrings of the loved ones on the outside who are worried about inmate's well-being. Whomever is going to be sending money inside needs to set

50-50 chance. The normal protocol is to send it back if it is missing the inmate ID number. But, there are some staff members with some sense of humanity and they will pass the mail on through. It depends on the mail room personnel.

Parole is the serving of part of your sentence under supervision in the community. The law says that the Parole Commission may grant parole if (a) the inmate has substantially observed the rules of the institution; (b) release would not depreciate the seriousness of the offense or promote disrespect for the law; and (c) release would not jeopardize the public welfare. Parole has a three-fold purpose: (1) through the assistance of the Probation Officer, a parolee may obtain help with

Our service gets a local land line that matches the rate center of the TDCJ Unit your wide is confined to. It will ring on your cellphone. The service saves anywhere from $4-15 per call depending on where you are and where your wife is. If you want us to give you an honest estimate, give us the facility name and your number and we will let you know if we can help.

We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff opens and reads each piece of mail and inspects it for contraband. Any delay that occurs at the facility is out of our control. We make no guarantees as to how long it will take as there are thousands of facilities and none of them do things the same way.Please be patient, if the ID number and facility are correct we are

Simply email the new location to aid@inmateaid.com and we will get you a new local number for the new facility within an hour - there is no charge for this service.

Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your inmate would write you back to the return address on the letters which are to the InmateAid corporate offices in Florida. We receive the letters on your behalf, scan them into your My Account section and notify you by email that they are waiting for your review. There is a charge of $1.49 for this service. The people that use this service like the security and privacy

The phone system should be the same in Allenwood as in almost all of the federal facilities. The inmates use Trulinks which is monitored and maintained by the BOP. Inmates have an internal, closed computer system that controls the inmate accounts: commissary, Corrlinks email and the telephone system. Loved ones from the outside fund this account centrally through Western Union. The inmate moves the money between the services at their discretion. During the holiday time (Nov & Dec) inmate get

You pay $19.95 for the local telephone number that comes with 300 long distance minutes or 1000 long distance minutes. There is nothing on the site that mentions "unlimited minutes" and any site that does, usually has other fees for things you won;t know about until you are billed for them. There are no complaints about InmateAid andthis service and as long as you know that you have to use the prison telephone company with your local line, you will

Yes, you can send care packages to an inmate, but it’s important to follow the specific guidelines and regulations set by the correctional facility where your loved one is housed. Here’s a detailed overview of the process to ensure a smooth and successful delivery: 1. Use Approved Vendors: Most correctional facilities only accept care packages from authorized vendors with whom they have partnered. Popular companies like Access Securepak, Union Supply Direct, iCare Gifts, and Walkenhorst’s offer a