Our service provides a local number to make the calls through the prison telephone service much cheaper than if your inmate is calling you long distance. You can call us and we can help you set this up 866-966-7100. If you are more comfortable doing it online, go to the My Account section and click on Discount Telephone Line. Click the red button "Add a Local Line". Enter the state, facility, inmate name and id number, YOUR telephone number and

Jpay.com is the easiest way to sent money to an inmate at the Pam Lychner State Jail. For visitation, please call them directly as the times may change: (281) 454-5036

It depends on the security classification of the prison/detention center. Some are strict no-contact visitations and others have a picnic-like setting where you can interact and have light contact, even enjoying snacks from a variety of vending machines.

The new law is for federal inmates only.  It pertains to the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that have been changed retroactively by the US Sentencing Commission. There may be some trickle-down effect to the state level as each is looking at own mandatory minimums and the money it would save lightening the prison population. If anything does happen, it will happen first for the non-violent offenders. Recalculation is rarely if ever done.

It has everything to do with the charges, the criminal history of the offender, the judge/prosecutors confidence that the person will not leave the jurisdiction and that there would not be additional crimes committed. That is a lot to contemplate, but it might just be that there was limited space in the jail and she was the least likely for them to have a problem with.

Yes, our service will work with almost all facilities. We get a local telephone number that matches the rate center of the detention facility. Your inmate calls the local line but it connects to your phone wherever you are. You will still have to pay for the local call connection fee. The savings are the difference between what they are charging for local vs. long distance. Call or email aid@inmateaid.com if you have more questions.

Intake is where the people coming into a facility are first processed. They are usually there for several hours to several days. Once they are designated, they are usually moved to a more "permanent" housing facility.

When the judge says, "time served", that means that whatever time he has accumulated awaiting the sentencing, is applied to the sentence. He should get with his counselor or case manager to make sure that he is getting proper calculation - they should then be able to give him a new "out date".

Violations for not charging his anklet sounds like BS to us. ALL of the recharging of ankle bracelets are not requirements of the offender wearing them. They are not to be removed and cannot be charged while being worn. IF there is an issue, the probation officers get a "battery low" warning and then call the person in to have the anklet changed out. There are too many possible variables for us to determine or guess how much time

It takes about an hour to email you the new local number. Quarterly Plan accounts are 1000 long distance minutes per month plus whatever fraction of the month that you signed up in