Subject: General prison questions-terminology
You can contact the inmate via mail only, immediately. Once they get settled, they can set up their call list. This might take a 1-2 day or maybe a week to get accomplished. They cannot receive calls, only make outbound calls. And they can also set up their visiting list.
Subject: Inmate services & supplies
Normally, these items must be purchased through the commissary.
Subject: Sentencing questions
He will probably have to sit there for a week or so until a magistrate judge sees him. The judge will want to know why he's violating a court order. If the judge believes his answer, he will probably be released shortly. If your boyfriend is defiant and unrepentant, he could sit there for months... for contempt of court. The judge must protect the rights of the person that your boyfriend is bothering. There is no actual sentence time. Just as long...
Read moreSubject: Send inmate mail
Absolutely, 100% as long as you have the correct facility name and the inmate's ID number
Subject: Medical treatment
You must call the facility and start with the unit team secretary. If that goes nowhere, ask for the counselor or the case manager. They will definitely help you get peace of mind.
Subject: Prison discipline
Yes, it is absolutely considered an escape. And as you could imagine, is going to create a tremendous hardship on them when they are captured.
Subject: Prison discipline
Do you know why he is in the SHU? The reason behind being in solitary would probably answer why it's taking so long. When I was in the SHU, there was a guy there for 11 months awaiting a transfer. He was caught with a cellphone and had to do 18 months in the SHU before they would transfer him to a higher custody prison. Administrative makes me think that he might have asked to be taken out of the...
Read moreSubject: Inmate phone calls
No, inmates cannot receive calls, whatsoever. If it is a true emergency, please call the facility and ask to speak with a counselor or case manager, they will somehow get the message to your inmate.
Subject: Visitation
Possibly. You will have to petition the warden (or captain) for a special waiver. Being that you are a parent would elevate your chances higher than if you were not.
Subject: Prison discipline
The SHU restrictions are very rigid. Inmates are permitted ONE 15-minute phone call per week. Their commissary list is reduced to a couple dozen items, only... more necessity items than and not a wide list of choices compared to the norm. The visits are limited depending on the reason for being sent there. Sometimes there are no visits, other times it'd be reduced to once a month.
