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After setting up your InmateAid phone account, the new local number gets sent directly to your email. Check your inbox, and your spam folder if it does not appear right away, for the notification containing the assigned number. That number is operational immediately once it arrives. A simple way to confirm everything is working correctly is to dial the new number from a different phone, a friend's cell or a landline, and listen for it ringing through to your current phone....

Leavenworth Detention Center is operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as CCA, and uses IC Solutions as its phone carrier. Knowing the carrier is the starting point for understanding how to reduce your per-minute costs. IC Solutions charges rates based on the destination number being called. Local numbers, meaning numbers with an area code close to the Leavenworth facility in Kansas, are billed at a lower rate than out-of-state numbers. If your phone number is already local to the Leavenworth area, you...

The fact that you are asking this question at 15 already puts you ahead of where most people are when they finally decide to change. Most people wait until the consequences get bad enough that they have no choice. You are choosing before that happens. That matters. Here is the most honest thing anyone can tell you: look at who you spend your time with. The phrase that has stayed with me is this, show me your friends and I will...

When an inmate has an active detainer or warrant from another state, that state is responsible for taking custody once the current sentence is complete. The process is generally well coordinated because the detaining state has access to the inmate's release date well in advance and plans accordingly. Once the inmate finishes their required time, they are moved to the Admissions and Orientation area and held there while the transfer is finalized. The other state typically shows up on or around...

Yes, and the mechanism that makes this happen is called a detainer. When another state has an outstanding warrant or unresolved legal matter involving you, they file a detainer with the facility where you are currently serving time. That detainer is essentially a formal notification to the releasing facility that another jurisdiction has a legal claim on you and wants to take custody when your current sentence ends. The process is generally well coordinated. The state holding the detainer has access to...

Finding out why someone is in jail is more straightforward than most families expect, and there are several ways to get that information depending on how recently the arrest occurred and where they are being held. Call the facility directly. The jail where your son is being held can confirm that he is in their system and in most cases can tell you the charges he is being held on. Have his full legal name and date of birth ready when...