Almost certainly yes, at least temporarily. Getting caught with tobacco in a facility where it is prohibited is treated as a contraband infraction, and work release is a privilege that gets pulled when an inmate demonstrates they are not following the rules. The whole premise of a work release program is that the facility trusts the inmate enough to send them outside the walls. A contraband write-up puts that trust directly in question. How long he stays in the hole is...

It takes real effort and a willingness to be creative, but it is absolutely doable and worth fighting for if that is what you want. On the marriage side, communication is everything. Write letters, real ones, not just updates about the bills and the kids. Write about the future you are planning together. Write the kind of letters that remind both of you why this is worth holding onto. Intimacy does not have to disappear because he is inside. Sexy letters,...

The short answer is not immediately, but not for long either. When an inmate first arrives at Arrendale State Prison's diagnostic unit, there is a processing and orientation period before most privileges kick in. Phone access typically opens up within about a week of arrival. That first week is intake, classification interviews, medical screening, and getting assigned to a housing unit. It is a busy and disorienting stretch for the inmate, and the facility runs on its own timeline during that...

No, and here is exactly why. When you go before a disciplinary hearing board, you are allowed to bring two people as defense witnesses. That sounds like an opportunity, and it is, but who you choose matters as much as what they say. Bringing another inmate into that room is almost always a mistake. The board is made up of staff, and staff view inmate testimony through a lens of suspicion that is hard to overcome regardless of what is actually said....

What you are dealing with is one of the most common and most painful dynamics in prison relationships, and it has almost nothing to do with you. When someone is incarcerated, they lose control over virtually every aspect of their life. What they eat, when they sleep, where they go, who they interact with. The one thing they feel they should still have some connection to is the person they love on the outside, and they cannot control that either. So...

Yes, and the savings are specific enough to be worth knowing exactly. With an Arizona 480 area code number, a 15-minute call from ASPC Yuma-Cibola runs $3.19. That is the rate your inmate is currently paying every time they dial your number. With an InmateAid local number matched to the Yuma facility, that same 15-minute call drops to $1.72. That is $1.47 saved per call. It does not sound dramatic until you do the math across a month. If your inmate calls...

This is one of the most frustrating situations in the criminal justice system, and it happens more than it should. Here is the hard reality of how plea agreements work. When a defendant pleads guilty, the deal is negotiated between the defense attorney and the prosecutor. But the judge is not a party to that negotiation and is not bound by it. The judge has final sentencing authority, and in most jurisdictions, they can accept, modify, or reject the recommended sentence...