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IDOC to Inmate emails 12/3/21 - 12/22/21

///////////////// 12/22/21 HUGE HOLIDAY SAVINGS ARE HERE! Sorry for the confusion our previous message may have caused... Now through January 3rd, save on stamps and select media titles!* If your Family and Friends buy stamps this week they'll EARN 10% EXTRA stamps for every stamp package purchased on packages of 5 or more! Plus, we've got great deals on select media titles* - so you can stock up and save big! Please note: Stamp packages purchased in the tablet will not reflect bonus. So, be sure to tell your Family and Friends to buy stamps so they can EARN 10% EXTRA for every package purchased on packages of 5 or more! Don't miss out these savings won't last long. *Available at participating facilities. ///////////////// 12/20/21 Huge Holiday Savings are Here! Now through January 3rd, save on stamps and media! Earn 10% EXTRA stamps for every stamp package purchased on packages of 5 or more! Plus, check out the great deals on select media titles so you can stock up and...

IDOC to Inmate Emails 10/30/21 - 12/2/21

11/8/21 Dear JPay Customer: Watch popular movies featuring strong female leads for just $3.99 each from November 9 through November 29, 2021!* Visit the Media Store today, under the Yes, She Can! tab and choose from the list below: A Land Shaped by Woman A League of their Own Allegiant Divergent Dreamgirls Eat Pray Love First Lady Florence Foster Jenkins From the Rough Insurgent Legally Blonde Mamma Mia! Mary and Martha Mean Girls Mona Lisa Smile Mulan (Animated) Pitch Perfect Pitch Perfect 2 Pocahontas Princess Kaiulani Soul Surfer The Farewell The Help The High Note The Women Wonder Woman A portion of the sale will be donated to RAINN, the nations largest anti-sexual violence organization. RAINN created and operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline. Warm Regards, Your JPay Team * Special promotional sale is only available for the movies listed in this email and runs from 12:00AM ET on November 9 through 11:59PM ET on Nov. 29, 2021. ///////////// 11/23/21 Dear JPay Customer, In cel...

NEW ISCC WARDEN ORDERS ISCC SHUT-DOWNS DUE TO HIGH COVID RISK (EXCUSE)

In a 12/2/21 memo, new ISCC Warden Randy Valley* has ordered that all recreation, rehabilitation programs, and education classes be cancelled immediately based on a (category Orange) COVID risk assessment on December 1, 2021 at the facility. Although not listed in the memo, this would seem to necessarily include a suspension of visiting as well. Anyone planning an in-person visit at the ISCC should contact the prison at (208) 331-2760 before making the trip. While worried about cohorting (restricting people to specific groups which are not allowed to physically interact with other groups), facility administrators do not require staff to change gloves or other personal protection equipment (PPE) when moving between housing units and still allow privileged inmates to move about the prison, physically interact with untold numbers of staff and prisoners then return to cohorted housing areas. Were this an actual emergency requiring cohorting, allowing prisoners to break the cohort - for any...