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Subject: Medical treatment

InmateAID Rule Number One: don't get sick in prison. The hardest part to get used to is that we consider to be appropriate and what they deem to be appropriate. Medical attention in prison is not great. You can certainly become an advocate by contacting the lower chains to see if you can get some empathy from a counselor or case manager. The next level would be the chaplain and then up to the Assistant Warden and then Warden. The problem with

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Inmates can get letter writing materials almost immediately upon incarceration. Writing loved ones is encouraged by the institutions and even provide the postage to indigent inmates.

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Subject: General prison/jail questions

Suicide watch is considered very serious and the treatment may be as extreme as being confined to a padded room with nothing in it, including clothing, if the inmate exhibits signs of hurting themselves. 

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Subject: All topics

Currently, only six U.S. states allow prison conjugal visits within their prison systems: California, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York and Washington. Originally, prison conjugal visits were used as an incentive to motivate working prisoners to be more productive. They were scheduled visits that allowed the prison inmate to spend one-on-one time with his or her legal spouse. Prisoners were lured by the idea of having the opportunity to have sexual contact with their spouses. Today, the main purpose of

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Subject: Relationship issues

Being in a relationship with someone you can't actually BE in a relationship with is a maddening process that rarely makes it through the bid if it's more than a few years. The inmate has a vivid imagination of what you are (might) doing while he's locked up (even if you haven't even been tempted). That makes him unjustly angry. You're picturing other women communicating with him, even visiting. The trust between you deteriorates becasue of the lack of real

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Subject: Parole & probation

No, it's very unlikely. For starters, the UK will not allow a felon from the US to even enter or gain temporary visa status with a conviction on their record. There was an incident that occurred when Martha Steewart tried to enter Great Britain for a business meeting after she was released from prison - she was not allowed to enter. A sex offender will no doubt meet the same barrier.

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Subject: Parole & probation

There might be some interest by the prosecution to extend the period (for your friend's own good). Heroin is not going to help keep him out of jail in the future. It's time for them to wake up and address the drug use or his life will be a revolving door, in and out of prison (not jail).

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Subject: Release questions

Most of the times, a "hold" from another jurisdiction is known ahead of time and the inmate's coun selor will go over the new charges and why they are getting referred to the new venue. There are however instances where the hold comes up at the last second but that is rare. 

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Subject: Pregnant inmates

We are sorry to report that there is absolutely nothing you can do in this situation. The prison officials will make certain she is taken care of during and after delivery and will find the proper family member to care for the baby.

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Subject: Law questions - legal terms

If there was evidence that was not presented at trial, you can file an appeal. If you plead guilty, there is probably very little you can do.

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