Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your inmate would...

The most reliable sign that something went wrong is if the letter gets returned to InmateAid. When that happens, the team will investigate what caused it and reach out to let you know your options. In many cases a returned letter comes down to a missing or incorrect inmate ID number, or the letter going to the wrong facility. Resending with corrected information usually solves it. The harder situation is when mail simply does not come back but also does not...

The SHU, the hole, solitary confinement, they are all the same thing, and being placed there does not cut off contact with family entirely. Mail continues normally in both directions. He can send and receive letters on the same schedule as general population. Phone access is restricted though, typically down to one 15-minute call per week. Visitation depends on what he did to land there. Some offenses allow visits to continue, others result in visitation being suspended for the duration....

A probation violation with three separate issues stacked together is a serious situation, and the outlook is not good. The judge who originally granted probation instead of prison time extended a form of leniency, and coming back before that same judge on a violation, especially one involving missed reporting, unpaid fees, and a dirty test, is going to test that goodwill hard. In Tennessee, a VOP hearing does not carry the same burden of proof as a criminal trial. The judge...

Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state houses military inmates at the Regional Correctional Facility, which operates under the jurisdiction of the United States Army rather than the Bureau of Prisons. That distinction matters because military correctional facilities follow Department of Defense regulations rather than standard federal BOP rules, and the restrictions tend to be stricter and less flexible than what civilian federal inmates deal with. Mail is generally permitted but what you can send is tightly controlled. Standard letters and cards...

We are not a replacement for the prison phone service, we make their service cheaper by providing you a number that will charge you their lowest possible rate. You have to register the number we have provided on their service to receive calls. It is the price difference between local and long distance why people use our service. Therefore, you have to pay Global Tel for every call whether you use us or not, but in your case, the call...