Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through

No, absolutely not. You can also elect to make the inmate's profile private

Send us the inmate's name, ID number, DOB, the and the facility they are incarcerated in - we will set it up for you and notify you when it is synced to the services on InmateAid. If you are missing any of the information, send us some of it and we will research it for you.

Mail is handed out Monday through Friday

Yes, that is one way if they have the contract with the facility where your inmate is incarcerated. All money transfer solutions have a fee.

InmateAid's service is not email; it is with the US Postal Service. Inmates do not have Internet access. 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. Any delay that occurs at the facility is out of our control. We

It depends on where they are incarcerated. Most facilities have a money transfer solution but you'd have to check with them to see who it is. We have a deal with [Western Union](https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/send-to-inmate.html?src=aff_cj_mt_Inmate+Aid%252C+LLC_6191743_SENDMONEYPAGETEXT) which primarily deals with the federal BOP but they do not cover all of the facilities. You can click the link and check to see if Western Union is a solution for your inmate.

Phone time varies by the penal system that your loved one is incarcerated in. The federal system is 300 minutes per month. State prions and county jails have more available time to communicate by telephone. Normally, the phones are on at 6am - 9:30pm but we advise checking with your particular facility to know for certain.

Usually within 2-3 business days

In most cases a local number will be the cheapest route for receiving inmate calls. But in the case of facilities using Securus, NCIC or City TeleCoin we get out of state numbers to save you money. Sometimes our service can save you as much as $12.00 per phone call, other times it will not save anything. If you would like to get an honest assessment, let us know the name of the facility and your telephone number before you