Parole board approval is the green light but it is not the finish line. The administrative process that follows approval is what determines when your person actually walks out, and that timeline varies significantly. The paperwork involved in processing a parole release moves through multiple departments and requires coordination between the parole board, the facility, the supervising parole officer, and in many cases, the jurisdiction where the parolee will be living. Each step has its own processing time and
Read moreNo notification system is needed on your end. The letter handles it. When you send a letter through InmateAid it goes out as physical mail through USPS, printed on real paper and mailed to the facility. It arrives at the mailroom, goes through the standard inspection process, and gets handed directly to your inmate at mail call. That moment is the notification. There is no electronic alert, no staff announcement, no system message telling them something is coming. They
Read moreIt usually takes a few days before the inmates are given phone privileges. The Orientation must take place first before the inmate may make calls, receive visits and buy commissary. If you are also in the state of Texas, we can make the calls cheaper, check it out.
Read moreYes, unless you are going to live in West Virginia, South Carolina and Mississippi. These states still enforce a lifetime ban on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps, for people who commit drug-related felonies. Indiana had a lifetime ban but just changed its law to lift it, effective in 2020.
Read moreJust send us an email and we will send you the balance. We cannot make that transfer for you, unfortunately.
Read moreProbably not. Eleven cents is a good rate, but some go as low as 4-6 cents per minute - it depends on where you're talking about. IC Solutions has a rate calculator on their site and we'd have to run a check to see if there was any way to go lower. Without knowing the facility name, we're just guessing.
Read more23 housing refers to 23-hour lockdown, which is another way of describing segregation or the Special Housing Unit, commonly known as the SHU or the hole. The name comes from the reality of what it means day to day. The inmate is in their cell for 23 hours out of every 24, with one hour out for a shower or limited movement depending on the facility's specific protocol. This placement outside of general population happens for several reasons and
Read moreHe is going back to Copiah County to stand in front of the judge who signed that warrant, and that conversation is not going to start from a friendly place. Drug court is an alternative to incarceration specifically designed for people whose criminal behavior is driven by substance abuse. A judge who offered someone drug court was extending a significant act of trust, choosing treatment and supervision over a prison sentence. A warrant issued from that program three years
Read moreYes, and the savings are immediate and significant. Securus holds the contract at that facility, which means every call your inmate makes runs through Securus regardless of what number they dial. That part does not change. What InmateAid changes is which rate tier applies to your specific number within the Securus system. At $0.52 per minute you are paying the highest rate Securus charges for that facility. With an InmateAid number, that same call through the same Securus
Read moreDo you have an idea of the state or county they were charged? If federal we might be able to help. If this is a state charge, you have to find out where the have re-entry facilities in the area where he was charged. Usually, it is some sort of a Salvation Army facility.
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