Yes. Inmates in solitary confinement for disciplinary or administrative reasons are allowed to have mail like the rest of the institution. Mail is considered sacred by the prison administration, they do everything in their power to ensure the inmates remain in contact with their families and loved ones. There is a caveat, if the inmate is on a terror list or has committed a terror act, the courts have restricted outside contact in some cases (see Boston bomber convicted terrorist).

The prison commissary sells envelopes, pens, paper and stamps. They are reasonably priced. If the inmate is indigent, there are provisions made to gift these items to them.

The sentence range sounds like a state charge (not federal). If that is correct, then he will have some early release options that could have him out as soon as 18 months on parole/probation if he keeps his record clean while in there. If he gets incident reports and has issues with authority, he could do the whole three years.

That is not normal. They do not get "a phone call" when they get there per se, they have to go through orientation before their phone and visitation privileges are offered.  It might be a day or a week, depending on the facility and the intake load of new inmates. Let us know the name of the facility, we might be able to save you money on your calls. In some cases there is a big difference between the number

We get hundreds of incoming letters per day. They are all scanned and matched to the name of the addressee. There is no cost to the inmate, we charge $1.49 for the retrieval of the letters.

That is a damn good question! Back in the day, Atlanta camp gave furloughs like they were hot cakes. I did time with some guys that transferred from Atlanta camp. They described the nightly jaunts leaving the camp and going out and getting with their women and boozing it up. They would time it to come back before "count time" and would bring in food, cigarettes, weed and liquor. It was the wild west. Recently, the Atlanta Journal Constitution published a

Prison is a time for reflection and inmates who really allow themselves to open up and take responsibility for their actions tend to look for reassurance from the ones they have counted on in the past. The flip side to this is that the inmate is just using you to get commissary money and to have an outside contact to keep connected to the outside world. You will have to use your instincts to know which it is since you

On it's face it can be really bad.  What was to related charges to the conspiracy? If the offender has a felony, the firearm is an automatic five years in federal Conspiracy to do what is a major issue in what might happen.

A $90,000 bond is substantial.  If it was reduced, that is a sign that the charges are not deemed as serious or maybe the role in this conspiracy is minor.  We'd need more information to be more helpful.

yes, very good