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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Inmates do not have access to a computer that is connected to the Internet

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Subject: Prison rumors & jail scams

It could be that your inmate either lost your letter or simply gave it to another inmate who took it upon themselves to write something dirty. Mail is sacred in prison and inmates always receive theirs unless your inmate is having their mail hijacked by another inmate. We can't give you a "for sure" answer on what's going on, but we are more suspicious of your fiance acting out against you (for whatever reason) and we'd look to him to

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Subject: Inmate search

InmateAid's services are set up to work with each and every facility in the United States. We are not in contract to do business, we consolidate all of the services available and put them in one place for your convenience. We will gladly explain how that works and send you a coupon for you to try out the photo service, just ask! The inmate pages are created and maintained by the member/users of the site. All of

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Most if not all juvenile inmate records that you are seeking are not made public based legal requirements afforded to minors. As his mother, you might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

This is a serious set of charges with a decent amount of illegal drugs. The sentencing guidelines are harsh. Is he being prosecuted by the sheriff's department or the FBI? We need to know if it is a state charge or a federal charge. Unfortunately, first-time offenders are not afforded much of a break and with mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines in place the sentence could be hefty. Here is our best advice: Most private attorneys are not worth what you

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

This is not usually good news. First violations are normally given the time that the probation vacated. If this is the second violation there could be more time tacked on. It depends on what the violation entailed and if there were any victims involved. Was a new crime committed or was it something like a missed payment or a failed drug test?

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Subject: Visitation

The visiting list and the inmate visits are protected by privacy laws.

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Yes, there are no problems changing number - just email us the change and we will do it immediately

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Subject: Send inmate mail

If it's through inmateAID we will resend it at no charge. If you sent the letter to the wrong address it will most probably come back

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Subject: Send inmate mail

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