The assigned parole agent from the Board of Probation and Parole (Board) will visit with the proposed home provider, in person, at the residence being offered. The agent will give the home provider a copy of the brochure What Offenders and Their Families Need to Know. The agent will review the home provider agreement letter with the proposed home provider, and have the home provider sign the form. It is very important for the home provider to be

The new charge is just going to add more time and more paper. The new charge will most likely kill any chance of probation. It could get messy depending on how the pre-sentence report reads and what mood the judge is in. He could choose to be really tough as this keeps happening. The more charges an offender racks up, the deeper the judge goes into the sentencing guidelines. This is figured on a point system and criminal history is

They will serve 85% of their time unless this is a county jail and the overcrowding is critical. Some inmates with short sentences that are related to non-violent offenses might get out a bit earlier to make room.

Yes they can, they are available in many state and federal prisons. The prices vary but they are about $60 - $80 and the televisions are over $100

In most facilities the money that goes into an inmate's trust account can be designated for commissary and telephone calls. When you are sending money, there are no ways to specify what you want them to spend it on. If you set up a phone account, that money will only be for the phone calls to you.

The services are different in every prison, jail or detention center. If the service is the same then of course it will follow, if not you will have to repeat the process with new vendor. However, in the case of an InmateAid Discount Telephone Service will follow - at no charge to you. When your inmate gets moved, you have to notify us where he was moved and we will get you a new number matching the rate

Inmates use the InmateAid return address. If he were to write you back using our address, we will scan the letter into your account under Inmate Response Letters and notify you by email that it is there.

Yes you can use the prepaid cellphone with an InmateAid Discount Telephone number. Our numbers are land lines which are forwarded to you number. There is no problem using any type of phone with our service as you are giving your inmate OUR number to call and it rings on your line.

Yes, you may bring cash to a federal facility for deposit into your inmate trust account. We would recommend money orders though as it would have your name (and ID number "xxxxx-xxx") on the check and it won't get "lost".

No, normally there are no public juvenile incarceration records available. If a member of the site has created an InmateAid Inmate profile for a juvenile for their own benefit to utilize our service, and made it public, it is possible to review the information.