Inmates who are serving less than a year will usually have their application for marriage denied with the presumption being that such a short wait will not harm the prisoner or prospective spouse. Each partner must be legally eligible and mentally competent to marry. Marriages may be blocked for security or disciplinary reasons; solitary confinement can block access to marriage. Most states do not allow marriage for inmates on death row; California is at least one exception to that rule.

Yes, you have to use the number we provided WITH the system at GTL for the savings benefits to be realized. Go to connectnetwork.com and set up the account with all of your pertinent information BUT use the number we issued as your number.

You can access the number through your My Account area of the website after you have logged in. Click on "Discount Telephone" and go to the red button that says "Add Local Line". Then add your inmate's state, prison name, their name and ID number and the telephone number you want the new line to ring to.  Then select the Monthly (300 minutes) or Quarterly (1000 minutes) Plan and then go to the "Pay Now" page. Once you have completed the

You cannot call an inmate, the inmate has to have either phone cards or time on their books pre-paid for or the recipient of the call pays for a prepaid account. InmateAid has a program to make the calls cheaper. Contact us at aid@inmateaid.com

They receive the actual magazine. Inmates do not have access to the Internet. If you are interested in specific titles, we have a special now.  Email us at Aid@InmateAid.com, place "Magazine Special" in the subject line and list the magazines you would like to send or receive yourself. We will give you special pricing just for asking!

To communicate with your inmate, you can write letters or send photos - you will have to go to your My Account area and click on the "Inmate Pages" and then click "Letters". You will be able to communicate to them through there. InmateAid syncs up the information on the inmate's page and the prison page that you selected as where they are incarcerated.

Most locations do not limit the number of books or magazines an inmate may receive. As long as you are using the Amazon corporate website purchase and not one of their third-party affiliate sellers. They are mixed in the site offering lower priced used books that will definitely get rejected. Amazon can get the paperback books delivered because they are a recognized "publisher".

We are here to answer ANY question on your mind. Please ask as many questions as you have and as often as they come to mind.

The prisons do not provide the courses, they will have to be provided by someone on the outside. The prison education department proxies the testing for the universities that provide "distance learning". There are several available and they don't have to be located in Ohio. Louisiana State University (LSU) is one of the best and most widely used programs in the prisons. But, you pay for the course load "by the hour" and the books just like you would if

Call the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, unit secretary, or chaplain. They can confirm the inmate is safe. For an elderly inmate with no phone privileges, a direct call is the fastest way to get a welfare check from the outside. When you call, explain that you are an immediate family member, that contact has been uncharacteristically absent this month, and that you are simply asking for a general welfare confirmation, not detailed case information.