Subject: Sentencing questions
Para que le demos una respuesta precisa, tendríamos que saber los cargos del delito, si son graves. La sentencia proviene del tipo de delito, si fue la violencia involucrada, una pistola, ¿cuál fue el valor del crimen (pérdida o ganancia), daños a la propiedad y los antecedentes penales del acusado. Si usted tiene más detalles, estaremos encantados de responder.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Downstate Correctional Facility is a maximum-security prison in Fishkill, New York. Most inmates sent to this type of facility are there for a "sentence", not a short stay - this is not a holding facility. The phone service there is called GTL (offenderconnect.com). You have to use them regardless - if your are long distance, the calls will be $6.00 or so. We can get the calls to about $1.65. If you are going to speak with your boyfriend only...
Read moreSubject: Visitation
No. You will need to have a valid government issued ID like a driver's license, a passport or something that lets the staff know who you are and that your ID matches the name on the approval list.
Subject: Send inmate mail
You can send anything but straight nudity, drugs in the picture, weapons in the picture or tattoos. Sexy pictures like lingerie and/or bikinis are not a problem. Make them tasteful and they will all be allowed.
Subject: General prison questions-terminology
Corrections Corporation of America - a private prison management company
Subject: Inmate transfer
No, there is absolutely no benefit for transferring - they make the decisions where an inmate will be housed.
Subject: Send inmate mail
It gets there within 2-3 business days at the latest. The part we cannot control is the delay that sometimes happens at the facility mail room level (for a variety of reasons).
Subject: Ice-immigration enforcement
If you have criminal charges on your record, reapplying for your green card could put your status at risk. Depending on his exact circumstances, he mighty be placed in deportation proceedings once he is released. It does not matter if his card is expired or not, a person who is a legal permanent resident retains that status until it is taken away. Any crime that gets you years in prison would likely be grounds to place someone in deportation proceedings....
Read moreSubject: Parole, probation & supervised release
You will have to petition the Probation Office and get permission to leave to district. Your best chance to gain approval is to show that there is a job and a residence waiting for you. If you can demonstrate moving is a great benefit, it might get it done.
Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release
The violation is the problem. And you said he failed several. He will have to go before the original sentencing judge to learn his fate. This does not normally go well, as the judge will be deciding the next phase after they already gave your loved one a break. Our guess is that the classes he completed will have little impact on the new sentence - he will probably have to finish out some or all of the remaining time...
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