Depending upon the facility, there is a provision for "indigent mail" - if the inmate has a commissary balance for a period of time (less than a few dollars) the prison/jail will offer the inmate a set number of "free stamps" along with envelopes and paper to mail letters.

We estimate that it takes 1-3 business days for a letter to reach the mail room of a facility. Once the letter arrives, all mail is inspected by facility staff for contraband which may delay the actual delivery at mail call. Normal mail call days are Mon - Fri usually n the afternoon.

Western Union only services about half of the facilities in the US. If the facility that your are looking for is not in their drop-down menu then they do not. InmateAid can get you a money order and deliver it to the facility on your behalf where Western Union cannot.

We partner with Western Union. You may access their Inmate Funds page through our site. There are instances where Western Union may not have a relationship with a facility - you may have to send a money order through the mail

Yes, you may send items like books, magazines and newspapers to your inmate as long as they are coming from the "publisher". InmateAid's website is set up choose from a wide variety of permitted items. You cannot choose commissary items for inmates. You must send money to them and they are permitted to shop once a week.

You will have to sit in on the hearings to see what the prosecutor is asking for to know for sure. The sentence we be determined by the circumstances of the crime (the value of what was allegedly taken or destroyed) and the criminal history of the defendant.

There are no current online services for Cuyahoga County Jail, they only accept money for an inmate "in person" - you can't even mail in a money order.  This is not a normal practice, usually Western Union is available for putting money on the books for inmates.

Any money deposited in your commissary account that goes unused is returned to you upon release. 

We do not have a current copy of the ADC commissary list. There are some current commissary lists that we have listed for the federal prisons which include the prices. You should access these examples and consider them very accurate because the prices are not that different as the prisons buy their goods from one or two suppliers. There is a standardization that creates a “resale pricing guide” to fit an inmate’s budget constriction. The first month is the most

You have to put money on his commissary account through Western Union and it gets ordered - which takes a week or so.  Black and white is about $100, color is $250-300. They do count against commissary spending but not the entire amount for one month.