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Can You Trust InmateAid to Publish Any Answer?

Can we trust Inmateaid.com to upload any replies we get from inmates, even if they are quite popular in current events or well known? Like they wouldn't just conceal replies from us, regardless of who it is from? Thanks

Absolutely.
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Answered by a former federal inmate · 14+ years advising families
✓ Verified answer August 18,2015 · InmateAid Website questions
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Absolutely. InmateAid does not filter, suppress, or conceal answers based on who is asking or what the subject matter is. The platform covers every imaginable topic related to incarceration and the answers come from people with real firsthand experience inside the system. That perspective is the whole point.

The only reason an answer ever gets marked private is if the person submitting the question checks the private box themselves when they ask it. That is a user controlled setting, not something InmateAid applies editorially. If you did not check private, your question and the answer go into the public archive.

It does not matter if the question involves a high profile case, a controversial figure, a famous inmate, or a subject that makes people uncomfortable. The mission of Ask The Inmate is to provide honest, straight answers from people who have been there. Sanitizing that or playing favorites with whose questions get answered would defeat the entire purpose.

If you have a question you are not sure will get a straight answer, ask it. The responses here are not written by lawyers hedging their liability or government agencies protecting their image. They come from former inmates who have lived the experience and have no reason to sugarcoat it.

The only things that do not get published are questions marked private by the user, romantic solicitations, spam, and anything that crosses into threatening territory. Everything else is fair game.

Accepted Answer Date Created: August 18,2015
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About this answer: This response was prepared by InmateAid’s editorial team in consultation with former inmates who have direct experience with the federal correctional system. InmateAid has served families of the incarcerated since 2012. This is general information only — not legal advice. Last reviewed April 2026.