Subject: Relationship issues
The short answer is that it happens more often than it should, and the mechanics are not complicated when someone is willing to deceive people who trust them.
From inside a facility, an inmate can correspond with multiple people simultaneously. Letters, phone calls, and visits are not cross-referenced against each other. The person calling on Monday does not know who called on Tuesday. The woman sending money does not know about the woman sending letters. The facility has no interest in...
Read moreSubject: Law & court questions - legal terms
The most reliable way to find attorney information is through the court record, which is public and accessible without the inmate's help.
Every time an attorney files a document on behalf of a defendant, their name, bar number, and contact information appear on that filing. Those documents are part of the public court record for the case. To access them, contact the clerk of the court in the county or federal district where the charges were filed. Most clerks can look...
Read moreSubject: Relationship issues
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Subject: Inmate phone calls
If you are really worried, we would advise you to call the facility and ask to speak to their counselor to see if they have any recent restrictions.
Subject: Sex offenders
Sex offenders get the same privileges that all other inmates get in the federal system. They get Corrlinks email and 300 minutes just like other inmates.
Subject: Visitation
You must disclose on your application that you were charged with domestic violence. The facility will decide whether or not to approve your application to visit, it probably will not affect phone calls.
Subject: Arrest record search
Yes. In Arizona, if you are stopped or detained and a warrant comes up in the system, you will be taken into custody. Where you end up depends on the circumstances of the arrest and the nature of the warrant.
In most cases you will be transported to the nearest county jail first. From there, if the warrant was issued in a different county, you may be transferred to the jurisdiction where the warrant originated. That transfer can happen quickly or...
Read moreSubject: Visitation
You are probably already approved, we would give them a call at the facility to double-check
Subject: Inmate search
You can contact the Clerk of the Court to get the transcripts of the case and the sentencing where they were adjudicated
Subject: Inmate phone calls
The number that you give your inmate is placed on their call list which is through their Trulincs account. When the calls come through the federal prison phone system, there is no caller ID. Normally it will say UNKNOWN. FYI, there is nothing "private" in prison, every call is listened to.
