The inmate housing is sometimes found on the state DOC website - but it's not standard. If you are concerned about your inmate's mail reaching them, it is our experience that if you have the correct mailing address and their ID Number, the mail will reach them without the housing information. But, if you would feel better knowing it, you might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get...

Visiting an inmate at Ware State Prison, especially in a high security setting, comes with stricter rules than general population, so it is good you are asking ahead of time. Visitation form On your visitation application, list your full legal name exactly as it appears on your ID. Your relationship can be listed as “friend” or “girlfriend” if the form allows it. Some facilities are more comfortable with “friend” for non-family visitors, but either way is usually fine as long as everything...

In most cases, writing a letter in Spanish will not slow down delivery. Mail to inmates is opened and inspected by staff before it is handed out. This is standard at every facility. If the staff can easily understand the language, the process usually moves along at the normal pace, which is typically a few days plus whatever internal mailroom delay the facility has. The only time a delay might happen is if the mailroom staff cannot understand the language and decide...

Yes, inmates absolutely will try to befriend people that they communicate with to do favors for them and more. Since there is so much idle time available, inmates become experts at manipulation but the person they are communicating with has to be complicit. As they say, "it takes two to tango". It starts out innocently like a pen pal relationship but it can grow into more than that, and oftentimes it does. Inmates have even married some of their suitors....

We would be happy to give you a coupon code to send the new telephone number to your inmate. The code will allow you to [write your inmate](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters), send them a photo and relay the new phone number for them to use. Most inmates already know how to [get calls cheaper](https://www.inmateaid.com/shop/calls) and might be telling you to get a new line that will reduce the cost of the calls. InmateAid can help with that, too - if you are interested,...

Postcards are processed immediately upon entry unless after 6pm on Saturday or on no-mail Holidays, those letters will process Monday morning. We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff reads each piece of mail and inspects it for contraband. Once they decide the mail is fit to be handed out at mail call, your inmate will receive it. Any delay that occurs at the facility is out of our control....