Subject: Release questions
Release dates are not provided to the general public at all facilities. You can check Vinelink, or call the institution and speak with your inmate's counselor. They surely know the out-dates
Subject: Sex offenders
Inmates that are found to have committed sex crimes by other inmates will not last long. They are usually placed in Protective Custody (PC) which is a segregated area of cells also known as the Special Housing Unit (SHU), unless they are at a facility where all inmates are convicted of sex crimes. Even then, the child molester (Cho-Mo) is placed in some segregated area for their own protection.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
InmateAid is for all 50 states, federal, state, county and ICE
Subject: Send inmate mail
if you have selected the correct facility, they will get it very shortly and then you'll know for sure!
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Yes there is, but the savings are only $0.60 per call. Marshall County Jail uses Telmate. The calls are either $3.75 or $3.15 depending on your phone number. Let us know if you would like our help getting the calls for $3.15.
Subject: Send books and magazines
The best, in my opinion, is the puzzle magazine. They have hundreds of puzzles in each and come every month - it is with a doubt the inmate's favorite too.
Subject: Survive prison
It is like the movie "Goundhog Day". Every day is the same, there is nothing to distinguish one from another. It is boring and lonely, BUT you have to figure out a way to get into some sort of routine. For me, i am a creature of habit, i got myself into a routine that included working out, running, reading, playing poker (that was great for the evenings). I did 66 months in federal, so i made it out the other side.
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Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
You pay for the line and it is our knowledge of the system that allocates a phone number that you use with the prison phone company to save money. Sometimes there are no savings (we refund the deposit), other times there is a savings of $2-$4 per call, and the best we do is where some county jails are getting $15-25 per 15-minute call... our fee of $20 is covered by the savings. If you talk a lot, this is...
Read moreSubject: Send inmate mail
Absolutely... the loneliness and feeling that you've been forgotten is sometimes overwhelming. A postcard goes a long way for a little gesture.
Subject: Inmate services & supplies
Yes on both, but the books have a specific requirement worth knowing before you order anything.
Letters, postcards, and photos sent through USPS or through InmateAid will reach him at South Florida Reception Center the same way mail reaches any Florida DOC facility. Include his full legal name and DC number on everything and it will go through the standard mailroom inspection process before being distributed.
For books, the requirement at Florida DOC facilities, and at most correctional facilities nationally, is that...
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