Reviewed on: April 08,2026

Can New Charges Be Filed After an Inmate Serves Hold Time?

Well this is what I've been told which i've pretty smart an I am still stump. When he was there he did holding time an lost all his visits for last 8 months because there was two incidents that happened an once of them was contra band an with that charge there saying they have proof he was trying to cover it up by a phone call that stated do not say anything an for person to change there number but that was back in Jan an he got hold time of 45days so why would they be trying to in·dite now for that? an this is what him an his girl friend are trying to tell me. An he keeps saying he can't talk on phone until he has a lawyer an to me it sounds strange plus the officals have been calling people on his call log that he has called an may know his girlfriend so to me this sounds like something else an i'm the one in the dark. But i have called the parole officer to see if I can get answers cause his release date is stated an he hasn't gone to court an he says if he gets out they may arrest him soon after an be able to make bail until court hearing. I'm so frustrated an confused because I can't get any answers I've gone threw 2 months of getting him his own room being approved threw parole an now I feel I have a blind fold on to what may happen an I just feel how can the charge you after they already released you?

Asked: July 04, 2014
Author: Brandy
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The confusion here is understandable because it feels like being punished twice for the same thing. But internal discipline and criminal prosecution are two entirely separate systems operating independently of each other. The facility's decision to put him in the hole for 45 days was an administrative response to a rule violation. A criminal indictment by a prosecutor is a completely different action under a completely different legal framework, and one does not cancel out the other.

Phone calls inside correctional facilities are recorded and monitored as a matter of routine, and inmates are notified of this at intake. A recorded call in which someone instructs another person not to say anything and to change their number is not just a rule violation inside the facility. It is potential evidence of obstruction or conspiracy that a prosecutor can and will use. The timeline delay between the January incident and a current indictment is not unusual. Grand jury proceedings and prosecutorial review take time, and cases involving recorded communications often move slowly because the evidence has to be formally processed and presented.

The behavior pattern you are describing, the extended hole time, the lost visits, officials contacting people on his call log, the instruction not to speak without a lawyer, and the suggestion he may be arrested shortly after release, paints a picture that goes beyond a single contraband incident. Your instincts are telling you something and they are worth listening to.

The advice here is the same as the answer suggests. Be careful about how much financial support and emotional energy you invest until you have a clearer picture of what is actually happening. You are not getting the whole story, and that is not a reflection of your intelligence. It is a reflection of a situation that is being managed carefully by people who have reasons to keep you in the dark.

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Accepted Answer Date Created: July 05,2014

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