If you need information on your inmate's whereabouts, we recommend using the [Arrest Records Search](https://www.beenverified.com/lp/abfbda/1/landing?pagetype=background+checks&subid=&utm_campaign=125&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=1899) button on the site to get accurate up-to-date information.

“Ask the Inmate” is not a direct communication link to a particular inmate; it is a question and answer forum between you and a former inmate who knows how things work on the inside. To communicate, [you can write letters](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters), [postcards](https://www.inmateaid.com/postcards) or send photos - you will have to go to your My Account area and click on the Inmate Page and then click "Letters". You will be able to communicate with them through there.

You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.

Work release is an extension of the time you are serving. Your release date is when they will let you go home. Inmates in a work release program are being prepared for re-entry and have been given some freedoms that other inmates do not have. But, they are still inmates until they receive their release.

Yes, inmates absolutely will try to befriend people that they communicate with to do favors for them and more. Since there is so much idle time available, inmates become experts at manipulation but the person they are communicating with has to be complicit. As they say, "it takes two to tango". It starts out innocently like a pen pal relationship but it can grow into more than that, and oftentimes it does. Inmates have even married some of their suitors.

We would be happy to give you a coupon code to send the new telephone number to your inmate. The code will allow you to [write your inmate](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters), send them a photo and relay the new phone number for them to use. Most inmates already know how to [get calls cheaper](https://www.inmateaid.com/shop/calls) and might be telling you to get a new line that will reduce the cost of the calls. InmateAid can help with that, too - if you are interested,

Postcards are processed immediately upon entry unless after 6pm on Saturday or on no-mail Holidays, those letters will process Monday morning. We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff 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.

There is not a lot that can be done post-conviction. When an offender signs a plea deal, they are also signing away the right to an appeal. If he had any prior criminal history, this would have some bearing on the length of his sentence. The dollar amount of the crime and the length of the sentence seem excessive to us, too. But, if there are other circumstances that you (we) are not aware of there might be more to

Yes, InmateAID's letter and postcard service has served tens of thousands of members for many years. You may [write your inmate](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters) often, you may add beautiful 4" x 6" glossy photos which inmates LOVE. You inmate may write you back to your address or if you wish to keep your location private your inmate can write you through InmateAID. We receive the letters on your behalf, scan them into your account and email you that they are there for your

You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information. If you need information on your inmate's whereabouts, we recommend using the [Arrest Records Search](https://www.beenverified.com/lp/abfbda/1/landing?pagetype=background+checks&subid=&utm_campaign=125&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=1899) button on the site to get accurate up-to-date information.