Unfortunately we cannot accommodate international calling for inmate usage. We are working diligently with our software engineers to come up with a service that will give the international member a solution. It is high on our priority list to complete and will happily place you on a growing list of people interested in this service. You can use InmateAid to write letters and send photos through our system at very reasonable rates. Your inmate can write you back through InmateAid,

InmateAid gives you a local number that you use to set up with the phone carrier - like Global Tel Link. Make sure that it's a completely separate account from your long distance account.  Add money to the new account and now the calls will be billed only a local calling charge (no per minute price) wiping out that $1.00+ per minute charge you've been paying.

Knowing more about the case will help locate that information. What was he charged with? What jurisdiction charged him (state, federal)? Was there violence?  Sometimes when someone is arrested near the weekend, they will make them wait until Monday for arraignment. Possibly the judge was not available. You could call the facility and ask - or call the Clerk of the Court as they would know too.

Yes, inmates are allowed to have glasses or contact lenses. Glasses might be easier to care for in the event that the commissary doesn't have a good selection of eye care solution to maintain it.  Some facilities will provide eyewear for the inmates, give them an exam and the glasses  If you are going to send them, you should call the facility and let them know your intention - get a name of a staff person who will receive them

The county jails do not accept any form of health insurance - and it's because your insurance doesn't cover you while incarcerated. If he needs dental work or especially a root canal, then he will definitely have money taken from his account to cover the cost. There are some county jails where the inmates even have to pay for their incarceration - a daily rate.

Two DUIs is enough proof that his drinking is way beyond troubling. If a former inmate does ANYTHING after release, the sentence is harsher, the custody level heightened and the future bleaker. ANYTHING!! Its a total straight line or they are sent back - He will be on probation or supervised released which might include unscheduled breathalyzer and/or blood testing as the terms will surely prohibit drinking during this period. He has to be able to look in the mirror

The sketch pad will probably need prior written approval from the prison - sending blank computer paper will be fine and YES he will be able to bring these possessions home with him.

This is a complex question best answered privately - the short public answer is it can be as bad as TV or a tame as a camp setting with white collar non-violent offenders. It really depends upon where he is sentenced to do his time. Other factors are the type of prison - whether its a state or federal facility, the length of the sentence, the crime and the sometimes the determining circumstances of the crime. But an inmate that

YES, You can definitely get more visitation time being from out of state. The only thing that you need to do beforehand is to have your inmate fill out a "special visit" form and get the visit approved by the warden or whomever the person is a his facility that approves such things.

You will have to notify your inmate of the new number he is dialing out so it doesn't need a name attached. You will have to fund this number with the prison carrier separate from the long distance number you use now. The carriers won't transfer numbers, BUT this account will be at the LOCAL rate which should save you about 70% off what you are paying now. We will have your new number within a few hours.