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Subject: Ice-immigration enforcement

No, it is a state prison in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) system

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Subject: Ice-immigration enforcement

This is a situation that requires real caution, and getting the right information before taking any action is essential. TDCJ requires visitors to go through an application and approval process that includes identity verification. A foreign passport is a legitimate form of identification and is generally accepted for visitor applications at Texas facilities. On that level, having a passport from your home country rather than a US ID is not automatically disqualifying. The concern in your specific situation

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

There are three Moore County Jails, one in TX, TN and NC. They all have different carriers. Your number is in Colorado and in all cases we can get you a better rate, but the savings vary. Please let us know if we can help you further.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Two good questions in one, so let's take them separately. On the reply process, your inmate does not use the same service to write back and it costs them nothing to respond. When you send a letter through InmateAid, the return address on the envelope is InmateAid's Florida address. Your inmate writes their reply on paper, addresses it to that Florida address, and mails it out through the facility's regular outgoing mail with a postage stamp. InmateAid receives it,

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The number provided is active and operation when it is emailed to you. You must give your inmate the number - if you would like a coupon code to send the number via postcard or letter, please let us know we'd be happy to provide one at no charge.

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Subject: Ice-immigration enforcement

The likelihood of deportation rather than a standard release into the community is high, and preparing for that reality now is important. When an undocumented person is booked into a Texas jail or state facility, ICE typically places a detainer on them during or shortly after the booking process. That detainer is a formal request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement asking the facility to notify ICE before releasing the individual and to hold them briefly so ICE can take

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Subject: Visitation

A government-issued passport from your home country is generally accepted as valid identification for visitor applications at Texas Department of Criminal Justice facilities including Pam Lychner. It establishes your identity with the same authority as any other government document and should satisfy the ID requirement for the visitor approval process. That said, confirm this directly with the facility before making the trip. Call Pam Lychner's visiting office at 281-454-5036 and ask specifically whether a foreign passport is accepted as

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Subject: Work release

Unlikely, for two reasons. First, not every county jail offers a work release program at all. It is a resource that requires staffing, oversight, and coordination with employers, and many smaller county facilities simply do not have it in place. Second, even at jails that do have work release, pretrial and pre-sentencing inmates are almost always excluded from participation. The concern is straightforward: someone who has not yet been sentenced and who has an unresolved case has more incentive

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Subject: Arrest record search

Contempt of Court is not bondable. The judge that cited your offender is holding them in jail because they have not followed some order that was handed down. Whether it relates to domestic, civil or criminal contempt, the judge decided how long the person will remain locked up.

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

Yes, they can. Most outgoing mail in not disturbed. The incoming mail is read however. We would still caution your inmate about putting too much information in a letter. If the case has not been tried yet, we think a better option would be to mark those type of letters "LEGAL MAIL" at the top and bottom of each letter. That would protect the inmate's privacy and if the contents of the letter were to be obtained, the court would

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