No, and that protection exists specifically for people in your situation. Juvenile records are confidential by law in every state. Facilities that house juvenile offenders are not permitted to publish or share lists of current or former inmates, and your record is not accessible to the general public the way an adult criminal record would be. You will not show up in a public inmate search, and your case will not appear in court databases that anyone can browse
Read moreIn virtually every facility we are aware of, personal checks are not accepted for inmate accounts. The reasons are practical ones. Personal checks can bounce, can be fraudulent, and create administrative headaches that understaffed mailrooms and finance offices are not equipped to handle. Facilities moved away from accepting them years ago as electronic payment options became available. The good news is that putting money on an inmate's books is easier now than it has ever been, and there are
Read morePrison gets a bad reputation across the board, and some of it is deserved. But the reality is more nuanced than either the horror stories or the official line suggest. The best way to think about prison care is this: it is the minimum required by law, delivered consistently, without much warmth but without deliberate neglect either. The government funds it, which means it is adequate by a baseline standard and not much more. Nobody inside is going to
Read moreYes, absolutely.
Read moreNo, there is no cost to the inmate - the member/user of the site pays the fees for letters sent in both directions there is a letter retrieval cost ($1.49) - the phone service also takes pre-paid and debit cards, too
Read moreYes they do. As you can imagine, the best classes are the ones that you show willingness and openmindedness to learn from them. The challenge is getting your loved one to accept that they need to have feedback. Once they agree that it's goiong to benefit them, they will gain a lot of knowledge and it will make them better parents when they get out. It is important to try and let them come to the conclusion that they need
Read morehttps://www.inmateaid.com/inmate-profile-search Enter their name and see if we have it in our database of 1.7 million active inmates. If you cannot find them there, email us at aid@inmateaid.com with their name, state, dob if known and what jurisdiction charged and sentenced them (Federal - FBI, DEA, ATF, HS or State where prosecuted).
Read moreThe jail is rated for 630 inmates/detainees and employs a staff of approximately 120. The local population averages 275-325 inmates/detainees. We do not have a current population number to report.
Read moreIf you mean "good time" credits against the release date, the answer is "Absolutely". All inmates are afforded 15% good time at the beginning of their bid. Only bad behavior and/or incident reports can take that away.
Read moreInmateAid will redirect it if it comes back for ANY reason. The facilities do not always forward mail (lazy), they stamp it "return, inmate no longer here". We just fix the inmate's profile and remail it, no charge. If you know of something like this is going to happen, let us know and we'll fix it now and send it again before it comes back to us.
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