Yes, we have all gone through the process and although we are not lawyers, the system operates in a way where lawyers take advantage of people who don't know what is coming. We have experience from the side of the defendants, seen all the dirty tricks and paid the lawyers to navigate through all phases. We are very confident you will get an insight a real lawyer wouldn't tell you until after you paid them money they'll never refund.
Read moreNo, its a step necessary for re-entry. We would caution your inmate to be careful not to violate while there for a short time.
Read moreNo such thing, community corrections is already a lienient provision for a low-risk offender. This type facility is the easiest place to do time.
Read moreWhen an inmate has an active detainer or warrant from another state, that state is responsible for taking custody once the current sentence is complete. The process is generally well coordinated because the detaining state has access to the inmate's release date well in advance and plans accordingly. Once the inmate finishes their required time, they are moved to the Admissions and Orientation area and held there while the transfer is finalized. The other state typically shows up on
Read moreYes, and the mechanism that makes this happen is called a detainer. When another state has an outstanding warrant or unresolved legal matter involving you, they file a detainer with the facility where you are currently serving time. That detainer is essentially a formal notification to the releasing facility that another jurisdiction has a legal claim on you and wants to take custody when your current sentence ends. The process is generally well coordinated. The state holding the
Read moreFinding out why someone is in jail is more straightforward than most families expect, and there are several ways to get that information depending on how recently the arrest occurred and where they are being held. Call the facility directly. The jail where your son is being held can confirm that he is in their system and in most cases can tell you the charges he is being held on. Have his full legal name and date of birth
Read moreFCI Jesup does offer RDAP, the Residential Drug Abuse Program, which is the most significant sentence reduction program available in the federal system. Completing RDAP takes a full 12 months off the sentence and adds an automatic six months of halfway house placement on the back end. For eligible inmates at Jesup, that is the most powerful tool available for shortening actual time served. Eligibility is the critical factor and it is determined entirely by the Presentence Investigation Report
Read moreSetting up InmateAid's discount phone service does not require finding your inmate in the system or knowing their inmate ID number. The phone service works differently from the letter and photo service in this regard. All you need to get started is the name of the facility where your inmate is housed and your own phone number, the one you want calls forwarded to. InmateAid's system uses those two pieces of information to analyze the phone carrier's rate structure
Read moreI was in federal, county and a private facility and there were female guards in all three places. It was uncomfortable in the maximum security setting as they oversaw the pod area, we had to shower in the open, right in front of their control room window.
Read moreIt depends on the circumstances of the conviction. If there was a guilty plea involved, part of the language in that plea would have included a clause that forfeits any right to appeal at a later date.
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