Select defendants are able to serve their entire sentence in local prison (aka jail) under AB 109. Upon release they'll have no supervision. For example, on a 16 month AB 109 sentence, the court has the option of splitting the time in custody and the time of PRCS (post-release community supervision). Because, after good time credits, the actual time in custody is only eight months on a regular, non-split sentence, many people opt to do simply do the time. Under
Read more36 months x 85% is 30.6 months
Read moreShort-timer is an inmate with little time remaining until their release. This can refer to a new inmate with a four month sentence or an inmate that has worked their way down from a ten-year bid and has four months left. These are short-timers.
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Read moreYes you do. The reason that this works in your favor is the amount you actually spend in a given month. If your calls are costing $5-8 each, we can get a number that will bring the price to about $1.65. The difference in the two prices is why people use InmateAid, if you speak often to your inmate the savings will justify the $19.95/month fee. Here's an example: You pay the carrier $6.00 per call for every day in
Read moreMost facilities have an arrangement with a company that handles online or over-the-phone money transfers for inmates. MOst will allow you to send a money order into the prison for the benefit of your inamte. None of them do it the same way so you will have to call that correctional facility to find out who they use, if any. If you let us know we will try our best to find out for you.
Read moreWestern Union only has about 25% coverage nationwide - there are a lot of facilities that they do not cover. You should contact your inmate's facility and see if they have an online option for you unless you want to go the old fashioned way, and send a money order through the mail.
Read moreHe is probably not eligible for the Non-Violent Second Striker rule because of the gun and gang charges - those are considered violent. But the entire answer to this may be found in the Judgement and Commitment Order signed by the judge that sentenced him. This is the way the statute reads: Inmates whose terms doubled pursuant to Penal Code and who have served 50 percent of their actual sentence, or who are within 12 months of having served 50
Read moreFREEDOM! But until then, money on their books, lots of mail and plenty to read...
Read moreIf they began their sentence on 2015-08-06, the good time credit is 15% giving him an adjusted sentence of 27.2 months. In our estimation, the out date would be around 2017-11-10
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