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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

Yes, you will be able to visit your fiancé in the halfway house. The visitation is very liberal and it's allowed on most days. After he gets settled, he will be assigned a counselor that will oversee his reentry. If he has a period of supervised release, he will meet with the person assigned to his case from US Probation. This is the hardest part of the process because these people are no joke. There will be drug testing, breathalyzers

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The Letter and Photo service through InmateAid is not digital. It is an actual letter printed out and send through the US Postal Service. We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to reach the mail room. Normally the mail is immediately processed and delivered to the inmate, however there are delays that occur for various reasons that are outside of anyone's control. We have been successfully and reliably delivering hundreds of thousands of inmate letters over the many years

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

That is determined by a judge during sentencing and then the counselor and case manager at the institution he is released from. Also, if the offender has a probation or supervised released period, that will have some influence as to when they might get home confinement (the next step down from halfway house).

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Yes, unless the crime for which he is incarcerated prohibits pictures of children.

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Subject: All topics

No, unfortunately they will never get to your inmate. Packages from home are not allowed.

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Subject: Commissary

Not directly. Indirectly you can through third-party care package vendors or send money to their commissary account and they can buy goodies at the commissary

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Subject: Send inmate mail

YES!!! Please... If you want to try out this service for free the first time, please email us a request and we will send you a coupon code.

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Subject: Survive prison

There is a little of both in there. There is no A/C, that is true and the state issued clothing is also true. Depending on how much money he has received on his commissary account will determine what the state will give him in the way of toiletries. The inmates with no money on their book DEFINITELY get the basic supplies. Inmates with money on their books are able to buy their own personal, upgraded brand name hygiene supplies.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

The time served is normally 85% of the sentence imposed. First time offenders are treated the same as most other offenders, but in this case a probation violation might yield him some earlier release if he is a model inmate but do not rely on this suggestion. "Might" means if there is overcrowding and he is not getting incident reports, etc they could let him go before the 85% but we would treat this like a 10 1/2 month sentence and be surprised

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Subject: Visitation

CMCF is located on 171 acres and includes thirteen housing units with a capacity of 3,557 beds.  Offenders sentenced to the Mississippi Department of Corrections are brought to CMCF where they are processed through the Receiving and Classification unit.   Every level of custody is represented and depending on where your inmate is designated (and a year sentence is usually minimum or low unless the inmate has violence in their history), you will relaxed visitation, not through a glass divider.

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