Hi people thanks for taking the time to view my thread.
I?ve started writing to a girl my age who?s got a very long time to go and she mentioned she?s in seg which I don?t understand exactly what that entails.
Is she literally alone in her cell 23 hours a day?
Going to look into sending her some books ASAP either way.
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That’s exactly the situation! Send her the books she needs them
Inmates can have any mailing address they want. Whether their mailroom lets them mail out to certain individuals is up to the mailroom.
Aww, I think not many people come in here...I don't know if it's ok, about the address but I can't see why it wouldn't be, although is there no one to ask in the prison?
Is it something I said?😂
She sent me a birthday card (awww) I?ve sent her a much needed book and a nice long letter with plenty of jokes and quotes to raise her spirits, I also sent the mailing address of the governor Greg Abbott because she requested it is that allowed? (She assured me it was)
Oh yeah. Silly me. It varies by state of course, and the segregation thing would block E-Mail anyway.
In TDCJ, it's usually printed off the day the mailroom receives it (during the week) amd delivered to the inmate the following day or somtimes the day after or the following Monday. Depends on the size of the unit and their number of mailroom staff.
But TDCJ inmates cannot use kiosks, they dont exist in TDCJ prisons, and generally in other states where they are availabe, those in Seg cannot access them
Not the snail mail. If you're sending a JPay message the inmate can see it whenever she gets access to the Jpay kiosk.
Wow so do They come round with mail more than once a day?
Less than a day. It moves as fast as normal E-Mail although it has to be reviewed by prison staff.
Does anyone know roughly how long between pressing send on JPay and the inmate receiving the mail is?
Ok thanks that?s disappointing she won?t get the full effect of the photos I took out in the wilderness for her.
They will get pictures as black&white when you send them through JPay. They are still clear enough to see, if you don’t send super dark pictures :).
Slightly concerned now because I wrote to her on the 23/3/18 and still haven?t heard back, maybe it?s something I said?
You'll have to ask Jpay about that, though it can take 24 hours to appear. The rules for Mountain View are exactly the same as for any of the men's TDCJ prisons.
Thanks for your replies guys very helpfull!
Well I?ve sent her some beautiful local photos and some cheery jokes I?ve sent the email via JPay app and paid for the stamps however it hasn?t shown up in my sent box yet? Any reason why?
I have always written curse words on a regular basis like the F and C words, dipsh*t is one of my favorites and I've never gotten any problems with it. The only words/topics they usually ban is everything that has to do with escape, gang stuff etc.
If you find out the rules and regs on photos in the place where she is and you have a printer you can put pictures from your files right into a typed letter. Since you live in the UK I'm sure photos of your area or anything different or interesting from another country would be appreciated.
I don't think so but you can always leave it out if you're worried.
Also would ?crap? be considered a swear word in a letter?
Thanks for your reply I have no idea why it keeps adding question marks in place of my apostrophes.
Well hopefully I will find out why she?s in there soon and see if she has any plans on getting out of seg I?m sure it sucks in there.
Any tips on pictures I can send her to brighten her day?
Some are in permanent seg because of gang renunciation or for their own protection.
Thanks for the helpful reply. She?s been in seg two years I?m wondering what she could have done that?s so bad she?s still in there after 2 years. She doesn?t even have phone privledges I?ll be sending her books soon.
Yes, that's what it means. Segregation means you are moved away from the rest of the prison population and pretty much locked in a cell almost all the time. It's used as a disciplinary measure. It is essentially "extra prison". It's not a permanent condition, although some prisons are known to keep especially troublesome offenders in segregation for a very long time. It's a controversial practice. I think segregation is an important tool for prisons to have, but keeping someone in for months or years at a time is pushing it.