Florida inmates can have tablets, and the program is run through JPay, which currently holds the contract with the Florida Department of Corrections. The tablet and the phone are separate things. Calls happen through the facility's phone system, while the tablet is a dedicated device for education, messaging, and entertainment. The tablet used in Florida is the JPay JP6S. It gives inmates access to educational content including Khan Academy Lite videos and GED prep through JPay's Lantern learning management system. Beyond...

There is always a reason. It might be a shitty one, but they are in charge, and there aren't any appellate processes for the inmate. The CO can basically levy an accusation of specific charges on any inmate by placing "under investigation". Once that status is tagged, they take the inmate(s) to the SHU until the investigation is concluded. This could literally take weeks or months. There are different commissary rules for the SHU, the item list is very limited. ...

No. An inmate's C-file, the central file maintained by the Department of Corrections that contains their complete institutional record, is not accessible to family members or significant others. It is confidential and protected under the same privacy framework that governs any personal record. The only person who can formally request and review the C-file on behalf of an inmate is an attorney of record. Once an attorney is retained or appointed and appears on the case, they have the standing to...

Letters sent through InmateAid travel via the US Postal Service from InmateAid's Florida office. Transit to the facility typically takes 2 to 3 business days. After the letter arrives, the mailroom staff opens and inspects it before distributing it at mail call, which adds more time. Plan for the full journey from send to in-hand to be somewhere between 5 and 10 days, depending on the facility. For writing back, all your inmate needs is a postage stamp, paper, and a...

The short answer is yes, but how he gets them depends on which direction this case goes. If this is a criminal matter, meaning someone reported the theft of federal pandemic funds, the FBI has jurisdiction. Stimulus checks are federal money, and stealing them is a federal crime. If an investigation is open, federal agents can subpoena email records directly from the provider. Your husband would not need to produce anything himself, the investigators would gather that evidence through their own...

This is more common than people realize, and it matters. There are situations where you cannot put your home address on a letter, whether because of a restraining order, a safety concern, a complicated family situation, or simply not wanting the wrong people to know where you live. The good news is that there is a straightforward solution. InmateAid's letter service was built exactly for this. When you send a letter through InmateAid, your personal address never appears anywhere on the...

Once you send through InmateAid, the postcard has to go through the facility's mailroom process before it reaches your friend. Plan on about 6 to 7 days from the time you send it to the time it is in his hands. That is the typical window, though some facilities move faster and a few run slower depending on staffing and volume. As for writing back, that depends on him. He can respond as soon as he receives it, but he will...