InmateAid is designed to be as simple and accessible as possible, but questions about how the platform works are completely normal, especially for first-time users navigating a stressful situation. This section covers the most common technical and account questions including how to create an account and set up an inmate profile, how to send letters and photos through the platform, how the discount phone service works and when your number will be ready, how to track the status of a letter or money transfer, what to do if an order did not go through as expected, how to update an inmate's facility information after a transfer, and how to contact InmateAid's support team when you need help. The guidance here is written to get you back on track as quickly as possible so you can focus on what matters, staying connected with your loved one. See also our sections on Send Inmate Mail, Inmate Phone Calls, and Money Transfer.
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We have been around since 2012, and we serve folks with people in all LA County Jails
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The uploading of photos is exactly as you would upload a picture from your phone and text it or email it to a person on your contact list. Once you have selected and clicked the upload icon, the picture will appear on postcard template on the website to make sure that it looks the way you want
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NO, the inmate sees the address of InmateAid LLC in Florida. Your inmate can write you back using the InmateAid address, too. This gives our users some security from other inmates seeing your return address, or even keeping that private from your inmate if it might be appropriate.
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Inmates us the inmateAID corporate offices address in Florida. we receive and then scan the inmate's letter and place the .pdf in your account dashboard
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https://www.inmateaid.com/members/inmates/new
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The letters you purchase through InmateAid are for sending mail to your inmate, not the other way around. Your inmate responds the old-fashioned way, through regular postal mail with a stamp.
The current postage rate runs 73 cents for a standard letter. If your inmate does not have money on their books to buy stamps through commissary, the facility is required to provide basic writing materials, including paper, a pen, and postage for indigent inmates. Nobody gets completely cut off from...
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Inmates do not register with InmateAid and they do not pay anything. The service exists entirely for the people on the outside who want to support someone who is incarcerated. Your inmate never needs to create an account, sign up for anything, or spend a dollar of their own money to receive what you send.
Here is how it actually works. You create the account, set up your inmate's profile with their facility information, and place your order. InmateAid's fulfillment team...
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The Letters from Inmates Service are only $1.89 per mail piece. The inmate is using the InmateAID physical address to receive the mail. We then scan the contents into a file that you access in your My Account Dashboard. A lot of our best customers like having the privacy of their home address for safety reasons. Addresses get in the hands of other inmates and this Service removes that potential problem.
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No, this is more for the friends and family of the incarcerated and none of the messages or correspondence with the inmates is public. Unless you are asking a question on Ask the Inmate, we publish the questions and the answers so that maybe something you ask will help something who has the same question but didn't ask. This is definitely NOT a dating site.
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There is no real-time delivery confirmation, and that is true of the US Postal Service generally rather than anything specific to InmateAid. Once a letter enters the mail stream and passes through a facility's mailroom, there is no automated receipt sent back to the sender. That is simply how physical mail works.
What you do have is a reliable system with a track record going back to April 2012. InmateAid has processed an enormous volume of mail over that time with...
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