You may use the Letter Service or the Postcard Service to send the new number to your inmate. There are other options, but they are not 100% reliable. One, you can try to call the facility and hopefully get a nice person on the phone who would take the information and let the inmate know, you could relay it through another inmate from their loved one and lastly if you are able to visit you can relay it there. If

No. Inmates do not have access to the Internet. InmateAid is here for the loved ones who do have access to the Internet and would like to keep all of the possible services available in one place.

The military does not have their inmate list accessible by the public. If you know that he is there, we can help you set up an InmateAid Inmate Profile so that you may begin using our service.

We are not sure how the AB 109 will factor in on your transfer success. The basic idea behind realignment AB 109 is to punish low-level felony offenders with local jail or out-of-custody "mandatory supervision" instead of prison. Because jails and probation departments are run at the county level, the law thus shifts from the state to the local level responsibility for dealing with certain felons. Having a job that is verified and legitimate is one of the prevailing

Speaking as a former inmate, I can say that "I've learned my lesson and I am very aware that the decisions facing me going forward will be made with a lot of contemplation about potential consequences." This was an expensive lesson for me, as time and money were wasted. I'm hoping that my recollection of being locked up is enough to make sure that all my decisions are good ones.

The facilities that allow for inmate marriages are mostly state and federal prison facilities for inmates that have reasonably long sentences. The INS detainees are usually in the privately run detention centers. We do not think that there are provisions for inmate marriage there, but we encourage you to call the facility and ask to speak with a case manager or chaplain to get all the details. We would not mention the part about "so he doesn't get deported".

Heart of America Correctional Treatment Facility has a contract with Securus Technologies - you have to use them to receive calls. The collect call is the worst way to do this so you want to get an AdvanceConnect account set up. Their rates are published on their website. Please let us know if you find that you are speaking more than once a week and its getting too expensive - we can help.

Inmates must submit to DNA testing at the request of the corrections officer. In the prison setting, all inmate's DNA is taken and placed in the national database.

You would have to check with the [inmate search](http://www.drc.ohio.gov/offendersearch/search.aspx) feature on the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections website

We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff opens and reads each piece of mail and inspects it for contraband. Once they decide the mail is fit to be handed out at mail call, your inmate will receive it. Please be patient, if the ID number and facility are correct we are 100% reliable. Mail call is Monday - Friday in most places.