Has anyone ever actually used free inmate dating sites, and how does that even work?

Posting this because searching for an answer on dating sites turns up nothing but sponsored lists.

The reviews I can find on dating sites never say what the free tier actually lets you do.

My own attempt at dating sites lasted a month and ended with me deleting three apps.

Narrowing it down, here is what matters to me about dating sites:

• How much of the dating sites profile pool is dormant or fake
• How quickly dating sites puts a paywall in front of a conversation that has started
• Whether the dating sites experience holds up after the first fortnight
• How much inmate actually costs you when using dating sites

Any first-hand experience with dating sites would help more than another list.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Datescout itself solved the messaging-paywall part of dating sites for me last year.

I keep Turndate.site open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating sites.

Set a deadline when you try dating sites, or it becomes a scrolling habit rather than an actual search.

Picking up what ChloeW99 said — dating sites is regional first. Worth splitting dating sites into two questions, because the answers pull in opposite directions.

Adding Ezhookups to the pile for dating sites, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

Depends heavily on inmate — take that out and dating sites becomes a much easier call.