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Read moreThere are very few places where it is posted (except maybe in federal). What do you know? Do you know where he is incarcerated. Do you know for how long? Normally the release date is 85% of the imposed sentence.
Read moreIt is not the easiest thing for an inmate to do unless their spouse files on the outside first. Your inmate would need a lawyer to handle the court filings. For the inmate to do this, he would need to be able to pay for the legal service of filing since he cannot do it for himself. The institution will NOT do this for him, they do not look at this issue seriously.
Read moreNo. When someone is revoked back to custody for a parole violation, the system makes clear that this is the consequence for breaking the conditions they were given. The release date they hand down is the date. Good behavior is expected at that point, not rewarded with early release on top of the revocation. Parole violations are taken seriously precisely because the person already had the benefit of being out. Going back in for it is a direct consequence
Read moreIn most cases, he will not be notified automatically. Phone and commissary deposits do not come with an alert that reaches the inmate directly. The money appears in his account, but unless he checks it himself at a kiosk or asks a staff member, he may not know it is there until he tries to make a call. The most reliable way to let him know is to send him a letter. Write a short note telling him you
Read moreYes. Sentencing status has no bearing on whether InmateAid can reach him. Whether someone is pre-trial, awaiting sentencing, already sentenced, or mid-transfer, the letter service works the same way. InmateAid routes mail through the US Postal Service to wherever he is currently held, and pretrial and pre-sentence detainees in county and detention facilities receive mail the same way sentenced inmates do. Send the letter, include his name and inmate ID number in the addressing details, and it will go
Read moreInmates do not have access to the Internet, there are some places that do have an email system. All inmates have access to writing materials and stamps (even if they have no money on their books). Your inmate will have to be the one to tell you that they received something from you.
Read moreYes, there is a cost in both directions, and it is worth understanding what you are actually paying for before deciding whether it makes sense for you. First, these are not emails. InmateAid uses the US Postal Service. When you send a letter, it is physically printed and mailed to the facility. When your inmate writes back, they address the reply to InmateAid's office in South Florida, where it is received, scanned, and posted to your account dashboard. You
Read moreHalf of 16 months is 8 months, and working from his original custody date of July 19, that puts his estimated release around March 19, 2017. The math is straightforward: 8 months from July 19 lands on March 19 regardless of when he arrived at Kern for reception. The reception period at Kern is a classification and intake phase, not additional time on top of his sentence. The time he spent in county from July 19 forward all counts
Read moreThe Letters from Inmate Service is a pay service ($1.49). We receive the letter from the inmate and scan it into your My Account area - then we email you that it is there. Members that want to keep their own address private use our service to send and receive mail with anonymity. Its convenient, reliable and safe to use.
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