Robbery is a serious charge. If this is something that she is unaware of, she should immediately be asking her attorney BEFORE entering a plea. Robbery can carry a double-digit year sentence so this needs to be handled properly.
Read moreYou can always ask us to double-check. We will do an inmate search for you and create your inmate's profile, all you have to do is ask.
Read moreEither by asking the inmate, asking someone at the facility where you know them to be or check the inmate search online to see if there is a change. Unless you are a victim, you will not be notified of an inmate's movement, you have to check for yourself.
Read moreWhen an offender is released to halfway house, they are still "property" of the state until that period of re-entry is complete. Halfway house is a privilege and probably came with some good time credits which allowed them released several months before the sentence ended. This violation might cause your friend to have to complete the entire sentence "inside". It is unlikely that the offender will get extra time as the "escape" would have to be more egregious. Running where
Read moreCounty jail is probably the most boring of the venues to do one's time. The days begins with a wake up, lights one routine. Inmates will then be brought breakfast. After breakfast there is a clean-up period where the inmates will make their bed and mop their cells. There are a couple of inmates that clean the general area. After the morning chores are completed, there is a period of time where inmates are all in one area of the
Read moreThat sounds very open-ended. Material witness holds are indefinite. He does not have to "know" the defendants in the case, if he saw something, they are keeping him for testimony as to what he saw, where he saw it and when. The troubling aspect of your question is the immigration issue which sounds like he might be deported upon release.
Read moreAll inmates are allowed to receive mail. More importantly inmates are allowed to write you. Mail is considered sacred in a prison, detention center or jail. There is even a program for indigent inmates at every facility where they supply paper, pencil, envelopes and stamps. Whether the inmate has money on their books or not, there is no reason why an inmate cannot keep in touch if they want.
Read moreWe hear this one a lot and the honest answer is volume. Thousands of questions come through Ask The Inmate and the queue moves based on uniqueness and priority rather than the strict order of submission. Questions that cover ground already addressed in the public archive get deprioritized because the answer is already out there and searchable. Before waiting on a response it is worth browsing the existing Q&A archive to see if your question or something very close
Read moreNot all jails allow inmates to get married, but many state and federal prisons do allow it. You should call the facility chaplain to see what the policy is for marriage.
Read moreOur service gets the local line for the facility where your inmate is incarcerated and forwards the call to your current number. Nothing will change on your end. You give your inmate the local number, he places it on the Trulincs system and calls directly to that line - it will ring on the phone number you provide us, completely seamless.
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