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Yes, that is accurate. Processing facilities are the most restrictive environment an inmate will typically encounter in the Georgia system because they are transitional by design. The rules at Piedmont are tighter across the board compared to a regular housing assignment, and the limited phone schedule you described reflects that. Two 15-minute calls on alternating days, with Mondays being a phone blackout, is consistent with what processing centers impose while inmates are being classified and assessed before permanent placement. On tablets:...

Saguaro Correctional Center is a multi-level security facility operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as CCA. It is not a local, state, or federal institution in the traditional sense. It is a private facility that houses Hawaii state inmates, which is why it is located in Arizona but holds people sentenced under Hawaii law. For the general population inmates, visits are held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Wednesdays are reserved for Special Management inmates, which includes those in segregation, protective custody,...

Two weeks into a seven year sentence at Safford Graham Unit is one of the most disorienting stretches of any incarceration, and not just for the inmate. For families on the outside waiting for mail to arrive and calls to come through, the silence of the early weeks can feel alarming even when nothing is actually wrong. What is almost certainly happening is that your son is working through Admissions and Orientation, commonly known as A and O. This is a...