Subject: Send inmate mail
InmateAID has made it easy to [write any inmate](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters) anytime from anywhere from your smartphone. You do not need to be on a correspondence list unless your inmate is restricted from incoming correcpsondence by Homeland Security. This is very rare. Other potential restrictions would be related to a no-contact order, or the victims in this crime or co-conspirators.
Subject: Release questions
If it says 670 days left on the InmateAid inmate profile, that is the adjusted release date with the good time already figured in. Sounds like a 2018 release date.
Subject: Furloughs
The answer is "sometimes". Depending on the length of the sentence, the type of crime, the level of custody and then there is the logistics for movement. If this were to be granted, the inmate might have to bear the cost of travel and to have officers accompany them.
Subject: Release questions
Most county jails do not provide transportation or travel funds for short-sentence inmates being released. The standard procedure is that the inmate gets their personal property back and walks out the door. Whether anyone is there to pick them up is up to the family.
That said, every county does things a little differently, and some jails have modest provisions for releasing inmates, a bus ticket, a small amount of gate money, or access to a phone to arrange a ride....
Read moreSubject: Sentence reduction
There used to be some programs that gave offenders good time credits for kitchen work, but things have changed quite a bit and there are only a few state prisons left that offer incentives like that.
Subject: Prison discipline
It depends on the contraband and the penalty associated with incident report. If it is a serious charge, then it effect everything.
Subject: Bail & bond questions
The honest answer is that the odds are not in his favor based on the situation as it stands. The fact that he has been held for 65 days without being released, despite having no prior record, tells you something important. Courts generally release low-risk first-time offenders on bail or on their own recognizance fairly quickly. The extended pretrial detention suggests the court has concerns about something, most likely that he will not appear for future hearings if released. Whatever...
Read moreSubject: Relationship issues
You can divorce him while he is incarcerated, and you do not have to be in the same room with him for it to happen. Divorce proceedings do not require the other party to physically appear in court. The papers need to be served to him at his facility, which can be done through the jail or prison's process server or through the mail with proper legal procedure, and from there the court handles the rest.
If he does not respond...
Read moreSubject: Prison discipline
The most likely explanation is a failed drug test at drug court. That is the most common reason someone is held on the spot when they report in. Drug courts have immediate detention authority when a participant tests positive or otherwise violates the conditions of the program, and sending someone directly to a residential recovery program rather than jail is actually the more constructive outcome in that situation. If they are routing him to the Men's Recovery Academy, that points...
Read moreSubject: Arrest record search
Maritime arrests involve overlapping jurisdictions, which is part of why this is confusing. When Fish and Wildlife, the Coast Guard, and the county sheriff are all present at the same incident, the agency that ultimately books the arrestee depends on who took custody, what the charge is, and where the arrest formally occurred on the water.
In King County, the most likely holding facility for a standard DUI arrest is the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle. Start there. You can...
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