Probably the hardest part is getting used to the fact that everyone you know on the outside (mostly wife and kids) are living their lives while you are locked up. You have absolutely no control over anything. It feels like you have died and are watching your loved ones live their life and you cannot participate. Your mind plays tricks with you, you lose faith in your relationship, etc.

Most facilities do not provide a forum for inmates to participate in civil lawsuits. The best you could hope for is the inmate to submit answers to the plaintiff's interrogatories. The inmate may then have their written answers notarized there.

Depending on the type of facility, there would be a delay for the inmate in the form of an orientation period, for instance, county inmates can often call right away. Usually, this is about a week from the time they arrive. This pertains mostly to federal or state inmates,

It sounds like he was sentenced and is waiting for a bed to come available. Once they have space they will come for him and note that he will get credit for every day he spends in the county jail.

We have over 1.5 million active inmates in our database. 

Yes, the Inmateaid services are available in the Will County Detention Center. If you would like to try something out, let us know (by email at aid@inmateaid.com) and we will send you a coupon code.

write them a letter, it will get the ball rolling

there is a database of about 1.5 million inmates in our system. when the inmate is not in the system, the User may create an inmate profile to synch the InmateAid services to.

Cigarettes have been largely banned across all prison and jail types. Federal outlawed them over 10 years ago and the states and county jails have mostly followed suit. As we write this, we cannot find any that still allow them. BUT, that doesn't mean that the inmates have stopped smoking. Cigarettes are sold inside for $2.00 each, the penalty for getting caught is a few days in the SHU.

2-3 days but remember there could be delays in the facility mailroom that are out of anyone's control. Please be patient as the mail is a little slower during the holiday season.