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« Reply #100 on: September 28, 2011, 06:41:36 PM » |
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Welcome to IPT. You can send letters to him at Vandalia, using his name ID# and the address of the facility. If he hasn't already put you on his phone list, he must first do that, giving them all your information and once that is approved he will be able to call you. You can go to our phone board here on IPT and read on how to set up a Consolidated Phone account, they are the only company you can use for calls from an inmate in IDOC, here is the link to that board: http://www.illinoisprisontalk.org/index.php/board,16.0.html |
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« Reply #101 on: October 28, 2011, 04:32:29 PM » |
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I have a question that I have not seen asked but really need to know. My daughters father is in Vandalia and she is only 8 weeks old and breastfed... What do I do if she needs a feeding during a visit?
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« Reply #102 on: October 28, 2011, 04:46:18 PM » |
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Call the facility and ask, plan to feed the baby before the visit, there is a bathroom but I wouldn't breastfeed in there.
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« Reply #103 on: October 29, 2011, 10:29:25 AM » |
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Skully... Ive been to Vandalia quite a few times and their is a sitting arrangement in the visiting room with a shower curtain that u pull around you and the baby and u can breastfeed, also u could pump and bring the bottles in with u, just all up to u and how comfortable u feel with the situation ;)
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« Reply #104 on: October 29, 2011, 03:34:45 PM » |
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Thank you very much for your quick answers!!!
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« Reply #105 on: November 12, 2011, 10:16:16 PM » |
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Oh wow! Got a letter from my l/o in Vandalia and I am absolutely horrified by how they are treated while there! In his letters he never mentioned what it was like in there so I asked him to tell me in his next letter and I can not believe we would allow them to live in such conditions and be treated the way they are! Hey I know they broke the law... But to not even have proper clothing (his boots have no insoles and the soles are coming off... His feet are blistered and hurt like hell... His pants are so holey he needs a pair of sweats to wear under them... His jacket has no insulation) only 8 toilets to 100 men? Inmates in the basement inmates in the gyms c/os that yell and degrade and act like they are trying to push you to mess up... He says he feels like a P.O.W. And that it is messing with his head... And spiders bite the inmates often... Like I said... I understand that they did something to get themselves in there and they are being punished but at what point does it become cruel and unusual?
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« Reply #106 on: November 14, 2011, 11:58:41 PM » |
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Hello every one... Does any one know how I can get to vandalia on the train? Im from Michigan and I was wondering if I could take the train to chicago IL, and from there take a diff train to Vandalia? If so Please let me know. Thanks and God bless
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« Reply #107 on: November 15, 2011, 05:07:47 PM » |
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There is no train directly to Vandalia. You could either ride a train to Chicago then there is a bus that takes people from Chicago to Vandalia, but I am sorry I do not no the name of that company, but they do charge $60.00. Other option is to ride a train to St. Louis which is only about 45min to an hour away from Vandalia and you could then rent a car which would only cost 25.00-30.00 a day plus whatever gas you use. Good luck on your visit I hope is goes GREAT! I also live out of state so I have looked into all the ways I could get to Vandalia. :)
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« Reply #108 on: February 07, 2012, 02:28:28 AM » |
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Making my first visit to Vandalia in the morning! Dressing babygirl up real pretty for her first visit with her Daddy :) Im so nervous I cant stand it!
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« Reply #109 on: February 07, 2012, 07:38:17 AM » |
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Enjoy your visit Skully! Well worth it! I'm thinking about going on Saturday.
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« Reply #110 on: February 07, 2012, 06:13:41 PM » |
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My visit to Vandalia today was awesome! Everybody was very nice and I cant wait to go back!!!
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« Reply #111 on: February 07, 2012, 08:59:36 PM » |
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was your baby in pink? and did your guy have long curlyish wavy hair? if so I was sitting right next to u! we had a baby there too her name is Lilah... ohh and bout the stuff I said bout breast feeding... they USED to have a curtain up for women to breast feed near the bathrooms but they took that away for some odd reason... sorry 4 the mix up
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« Reply #112 on: February 07, 2012, 09:43:54 PM » |
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Oh Skully I completely forgot that you asked about an area for breastfeeding. I could have todd you they didn't have one.... Shame on me! I'm so happy you had a good visit. They really are pretty pleasant there and very understanding. I'm thinking about going down on Saturday but for sure on the 27th... (our anniversary  ) |
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« Reply #113 on: February 08, 2012, 07:24:15 AM » |
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Tonysgirl... Haha yep :) they allowed me to put a chair in the bathroom... At first I was like "I gotta feed her in the bathroom???" but it was suprisingly very clean! And that was the first time he got to hold her :)
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« Reply #114 on: May 22, 2012, 10:39:34 PM » |
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anybody know the commissary schedule? how often are they allowed to shop?
thanks.
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« Reply #115 on: May 23, 2012, 07:03:28 AM » |
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My l/o told me they are back to shop every two weeks. Each dorm may be different.
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