InmateAid
All
  • All
  • Prisons
  • Articles
  • Ask the Inmate
  • Inmate Search
  • Magazine
  • Famous Inmates
☰
Home / Blog

Welcome to the InmateAid Blog

Featured Articles
| April 23, 2026

FCC Prison Phone Rate Caps 2026: What Changed and What It Means for Your Family

Published on April 23, 2026, by InmateAid Table of Contents Introduction What the FCC Does and Why It Matters The Rollercoaster: 2024 to 2026 The New Rate Caps — Effective April 6, 2026 Does This Affect Your Facility? What Has Not Changed What You Can Do Right Now What to...

Latest Articles
| June 26, 2015

Escaped New York Inmate Richard Matt Shot and Killed by Police, Search Ongoing for David Sweat

Escaped convicted murderer Richard Matt was shot and killed by authorities in upstate New York today, according to officials, 20 days after he made an elaborate escape from prison. Matt was shot...
Read now Read-more
| June 24, 2015

Rick Ross Arrested on Kidnapping, Assault Charges

Rapper Rick Ross is facing kidnapping and assault charges after a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force and deputies arrested him at his mansion south of Atlanta early Wednesday, authorities...
Read now Read-more
| June 19, 2015

Famous Inmate's Father's Day Story

More than half of inmates leave behind children under 18. My youngest son was only 4 years old when I was sent to prison. He was so attached to me that any time I tried to go anywhere, he would...
Read now Read-more
| June 08, 2015

Two Inmates Escape from Maximum Security Clinton County Correctional in NY State

"It was a sophisticated plan," Cuomo said. "It took a period of time, no doubt, to execute." David Sweat, 34, was serving a sentence of life without parole for the 2002 killing...
Read now Read-more
| June 05, 2015

Facebook Overhauls Its Inmate Account Takedown Process

Since at least 2011, U.S. prisons have had a special arrangement with Facebook. Prison officials would send links to profiles belonging to inmates that they wanted Facebook to take down. Facebook...
Read now Read-more
| June 05, 2015

Some inmates are forced to pay for incarceration

By Freddie Allen - June 5, 2015 WASHINGTON (NNPA)–More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees, according to a report by the Brennan Center for Justice, a debt...
Read now Read-more
Forbes Magazine Ad
Maxim ad
Puzzle Ad
| May 31, 2015

In Norway, A Prison Built On Second Chances

The first thing you notice when you enter the grounds of Halden Prison in Norway's far southeast is the forest: Pine and birch trees surround buildings of dark black brick with elegant windows....
Read now Read-more
| May 15, 2015

Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Sentenced to Death

BOSTON-After ten weeks of heart-wrenching and often gruesome testimony from more than 150 witnesses, including survivors with missing limbs and an anguished father who spoke of watching his young...
Read now Read-more
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 ... 96 97 98 ... 178 Next
View More Read-more
Esquire ad
Time Magazine Ad
US Weekly Ad

Search Arrest Records

Arrest-record

Ask the Inmate

Phone-icon