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Subject: All topics

Yes, the service for that facility is City TeleCoin. We will get you a number that will make the calls at the cheapest rate they offer. There should be a savings of $3-4 per call.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The online letter is the most reliable. Inmates have to call you, you cannot call in and ask to speak to them. Therefore, the letter can initiate contact but then the inmate would have to call you.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The inmates may write you back through us. If they do, we scan their mail into your account and notify you by email that you have correspondence.

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

Yes, InmateAid works with every county jail, state and federal prison

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Yes, absolutely we will notify you that they have written you back

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

It’s very simple to update your number. If you change your phone number, just send us your new forward-to number, and we will update it on your account. What this means: Your InmateAid local number stays the same (the one your inmate dials) We simply change where those calls are forwarded to Your inmate does not need to learn a new number How to request the change: Email us with your new number Include your current number

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Yes, and they DO! When we receive the letter from your inmate on your behalf - we scan it into your account and then notify you by email that it is there.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

What happens next depends on what the violation was and how the parole board views it, but there are some common outcomes. Since he was close to finishing parole, the board will look closely at: Type of violation (technical vs new crime) His overall behavior while on parole Risk to the public If it was a minor (technical) violation: Examples: missed meetings, curfew issues, failed check-ins He could be sanctioned with short jail time Parole could be reinstated

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

We are working on an international calling solution that should be available before the end of the month, early May 2017 at the longest. We will let everyone know by email promotion.

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Subject: Relationship issues

None of the choices are "the best", and he is going to take it hard no matter how you deliver it. Our advice is to get it over sooner rather than later so that he has time to heal. In person, if he is likely to make a scene this would be the least favorable. On the phone, you only have 15 minutes, and in a letter you can really think about what you want to say. Therefore, we think

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