JPay.com is the best way to send money to your inmate at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (formerly called the Clinton State Women's Prison)

You are actually communicating with "former inmates" who are trained to give accurate, forthright and first hand accounts of all things incarceration-related topics.

Inmates that get transferred almost never get mail forwarded. If you have used our service, let us know the new location and we will resend them for you at no charge.

Our Response Letter service is a perfect solution for members wanting to remain private as to their locale.The letters are sent with the InmateAid office address on the envelope. We process massive amounts of inmate letters that get scanned into our user's accounts. You are notified by email if you receive an inmate letter and may retrieve it for $1.49.

The commissary is priced similarly to a normal grocery store. Some items are more expensive, some are less expensive and there are always going to be people that say it's "too expensive". But, every inmate looks forward to their commissary day (one designated day per week).  Depending on where your inmate is, inmates may spend about $200 - $300 per month on the commissary

This depends on where your inmate is incarcerated. Many facilities have the commissary on premises and you just add money to their trust account - they shop for themselves once a week. Let us know the name of the prison or detention center and we will see if there are any other alternatives.

Our service provides a local number to make the calls through the prison telephone service much cheaper than if your inmate is calling you long distance. You can call us and we can help you set this up 866-966-7100. If you are more comfortable doing it online, go to the My Account section and click on Discount Telephone Line. Click the red button "Add a Local Line". Enter the state, facility, inmate name and id number, YOUR telephone number and

Jpay.com is the easiest way to sent money to an inmate at the Pam Lychner State Jail. For visitation, please call them directly as the times may change: (281) 454-5036

It depends on the security classification of the prison/detention center. Some are strict no-contact visitations and others have a picnic-like setting where you can interact and have light contact, even enjoying snacks from a variety of vending machines.

The new law is for federal inmates only.  It pertains to the mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines that have been changed retroactively by the US Sentencing Commission. There may be some trickle-down effect to the state level as each is looking at own mandatory minimums and the money it would save lightening the prison population. If anything does happen, it will happen first for the non-violent offenders. Recalculation is rarely if ever done.