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Sending Email to an Inmate at USP Yazoo City: How TRULINCS Works

TRULINCS is the Bureau of Prisons electronic messaging system used at USP Yazoo City, and it works differently than regular email. Once you understand the approval process, contact permissions, and message limits, the whole thing gets much easier to navigate.

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TRULINCS is the system inmates at USP Yazoo City use to send and receive electronic messages. It's not automatic, though. The inmate first has to be approved to use the system, and every person they want to message has to grant permission before any communication can start.

Part of why TRULINCS looks and feels like an in-house service is how it's funded. At USP Yazoo City, TRULINCS runs entirely on the Inmate Trust Fund, with no taxpayer dollars involved. That fund is maintained through profits from inmate commissary purchases, telephone services, and the fees inmates pay to use TRULINCS itself.

Note: At USP Yazoo City, TRULINCS messages are text-only. Attachments are not permitted.

Messages also have a size cap. At USP Yazoo City, TRULINCS limits each message to 13,000 characters (roughly two pages of text). Writing something longer? Split it into multiple messages so nothing gets cut off.

TRULINCS is not the same as having email and internet access. At USP Yazoo City, inmates cannot browse websites or use web-based email through TRULINCS. The Trust Fund network behind these services (called TRUNET, which handles commissary, telephony, and electronic messaging) isn't connected to the internet at all. So even though your loved one can send and receive TRULINCS messages, they can't go online the way you do at home.

Wondering who pays for the service? TRULINCS at USP Yazoo City is funded entirely by the Inmate Trust Fund, not taxpayer dollars. That fund is supported by profits from inmate commissary purchases, telephone services, and TRULINCS fees.

  1. Confirm your loved one is approved for TRULINCS. If they are not approved yet, they will not be able to message anyone through the system.
  2. Make sure you are an approved contact and you have given permission. TRULINCS requires the inmate to get permission from each person they want to communicate with.
  3. Ask what contact-request paperwork is used at USP Yazoo City. The Bureau of Prisons lists a TRULINCS Contact Request Form (BP-A1054), and your loved one can tell you whether that form is part of the process for adding you as a contact for messaging.
  • ✓ BP-A1054 TRULINCS Contact Request Form
  • ✓ Confirmation from USP Yazoo City (or your loved one) about the local steps used to add and approve TRULINCS contacts

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