It depends entirely on the facility and the inmate's custody level. Many prisons and jails do offer contact visits where you sit in the same room as the inmate without any barrier between you. Others use non-contact visitation where you speak through glass or via phone handsets with no physical proximity. Some facilities have moved to video-only visitation, which means you are not in the same room at all. State prisons at lower security levels, federal camps, and minimum-security
Read moreIf your mailing came through InmateAid, the return address on everything he received is InmateAid's office in South Florida, not your address in Australia. He can write a letter back to that address, and InmateAid will receive it, scan it, and post it to your account so you can read it. The cost to retrieve a return letter is minimal. The process is the same whether you are in the next town or on the other side of the
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Read moreFirst, a little context on what InmateAid actually is. InmateAid is a service that allows people on the outside to send letters, postcards, photos, and magazines to inmates, and allows inmates to write back through the site. It is not a social network, a dating platform, or a way for inmates to reach out to strangers. The inmate himself cannot initiate contact through InmateAid. Someone on the outside has to send something first. So the more useful question is
Read morePhone access during quarantine is extremely limited. The quarantine period functions similarly to the SHU in terms of communication restrictions, meaning phone privileges are reduced to roughly one call per week rather than the standard schedule. Do not count on regular contact during those first two weeks. There is also the orientation piece to consider. Even after quarantine ends, most facilities require inmates to complete an Admissions and Orientation process before full phone privileges are activated. If those two
Read moreYes, there is minimal supervision, the doors do not lock and you are not confined to the indoors, so the possibility exists
Read moreOne hour of out-of-cell time per day is a recognized minimum standard for inmates in restricted housing, and the facility has an obligation to provide it. It is not a privilege that can simply be withheld without documented justification. From the inside, the most important step is for your friend to file a grievance through the facility's formal grievance process, in writing, documenting each day that rec time was denied with the date and what happened. That creates a
Read moreYou might be able to visit this weekend, but do not make the trip without calling first. A few things need to fall into place before you can walk through the door. The biggest factor is whether you are already on his approved visitor list. If your name and information were submitted and cleared at his previous facility, that approval may not automatically transfer to the new one. Many facilities require visitors to go through their own approval process,
Read moreYes, inmates diagnosed with sleep apnea can and do use CPAP machines inside correctional facilities. It is a medically necessary device for a documented health condition, and facilities are required to accommodate legitimate medical needs. The process typically involves getting diagnosed or having an existing diagnosis recognized by the facility's health services, and then having the equipment approved and issued or retained through the medical department. On whether they get to take it home at release, that is where
Read moreYes, in some locations but please call the facility visiting room for the latest updates to the ever-changing rules
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