How long does it take for inmates to receive their mail in prison? Specifically, how long does it take for those who have been arrested and are awaiting trial?
Legal mail for the most part is timely. However, personal mail is not priority and is not as important to staff as it is inmates. Different facilities may have different standards. An inmate can look at the stamped postage date and begin to establish a time frame to recieve a letter sent. If a letter sent Thursday gets to the facility Friday afternoon it still must be inspected. Mail is usually not done per individual. Meaning that to deliver one inmate a letter takes little time, but it is one of many and not priority. So even though mail made it to the facility Friday, it may not be till Tuesday or Wednesday till the inmate gets it. Monday holidays add extra time, and mail stacks up on weekens.
How long does it take for regular mail to send from Texas to Illinois on an average schedule?
The United States Postal Service (USPS) offers a map for Priority Mail delivery service: "Priority Mail Delivery Map" Let's take Austin, Texas, noted on the map in the darker blue, as our origin.You can see that in the vicinity of Austin, you can count on one-day delivery for priority mail. To most urban and otherwise populated areas around the country, it's two days. To rural areas around the country, it's three days.From Austin to Chicago or the St. Louis area, it could be two days. For a more rural part of Illinois, it could be three.Just click the link above to enter your origin address.Now, this is all for "Priority Mail."Regular first-class mail looks like this: "United States Postal Service: Service Standards Map"To basically anywhere in Illinois from Texas, you're looking at three days.Which then brings up the interesting point of whether it's worth it to pay more for Priority Mail. It should also be noted that these maps aren't guarantees, and they aren't from an omniscient crystal ball. They're estimates. But three days is probably a pretty strong median delivery duration.
A 3 hour long distance relationship will it work?
Well, your situation is a little bit different than most long distance relationships. A lot depends on how old you are and how soon you are likely to be able to get together. If you are an adult, I'd say your chances are as good as any other relationship. And remember there's regular and fairly cheap Amtrak service from Jackson to NO.