Mail, photos, messaging, and phone/call options for staying in touch.
Incarcerated people at FCI Aliceville can make phone calls, though third-party or alternative call arrangements aren't allowed. Signs posted throughout the facility warn that calls are monitoredâattorney calls may be unmonitored in certain circumstances. The facility cites federal statutes and BOP regulations (including 28 C.F.R. §540.100 et seq.) as authority for monitoring and recording. For electronic messaging, TRULINCS is available as a paid Inmate Trust Fund service. Messages are text-only, capped at 13,000 characters, and both the inmate and outside contact must consent to monitoring. Inmates place outgoing calls using assigned PINs, and outside contacts typically need an account with funds to accept calls or messages.
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Phone calls are one of the main ways people at FCI Aliceville stay connected with family and friends. But those calls are monitoredâso it helps to know what's allowed, what isn't, and why.
Yes. Inmates at FCI Aliceville have telephone privileges, but the facility doesn't permit third-party or alternative call arrangements.
Yesâfacility notices advise that telephone calls are monitored. Attorney calls may be unmonitored in certain circumstances, and the facility cites federal statutes and BOP regulations as authority for monitoring and recording.
TRULINCS at FCI Aliceville is a paid Inmate Trust Fund service that allows text-only messages up to 13,000 characters. Both inmates and outside contacts must consent to monitoring of TRULINCS messages.
FCI Aliceville categorizes mail as general or special, and staff open and inspect general correspondence for contraband and security threats. Legal mail is handled under separate rules from non-legal mail.
No. Inmates canât receive packages from home without prior written approval. The limited family exceptions are release clothing and authorized medical devices.
Order publications so they ship directly from the publisher, a book club, or a bookstore, not from a personal address. Under BOP policy, hardcover books and newspapers specifically must come from those sources.
Yesâyou can usually send books, magazines, and other publications to someone at FCI Aliceville. But where it comes from matters, and everything gets screened before delivery.
To visit someone at FCI Aliceville, you need to get approved first. This guide covers how the inmate starts the request, what paperwork you'll receive (and what to send back), what the BP-A0629 form actually asks for, and what happens while the Bureau of Prisons reviews your application.
MoneyGram is one of the fastest ways to get funds into an inmate's commissary accountâbut only if you enter the details exactly right. Here's what you need to send money to someone at FCI Aliceville, plus how timing affects when the money actually posts.
