Subject: Prison discipline
The facility is correct and the protocol they cited is real. Correctional facilities operate largely without accountability to outside parties, and when a disciplinary situation is underway they have no obligation to discuss it with anyone on the outside, including family members and partners. The lieutenant declining to speak with you about it is standard procedure, not a personal decision.
Here is what is actually happening on your person's end. When an inmate is placed in the hole following a fight,...
Read moreSubject: Sentencing questions
There is something called "mandatory minimum", we have not heard of a mandatory maximum. Offenders convicted under 924 (c) received an average sentence of 151 months which is about 12 years, however depending on the details of the crime and/or pertinent facts like an injury to a victim or heavy property loss. First time usually has very little to do with the sentencing as this crime is a very serious one.
Subject: Sentencing questions
Missouri follows the 85 percent rule for most offenses, which means the expectation going in is serving at least 85 percent of the sentence before release eligibility. On a 5-year sentence that works out to roughly 51 months, or about 4 years and 3 months.
The concurrent designation on his record is actually good news. CC or concurrent means the sentences for multiple charges are running simultaneously rather than consecutively. If he had multiple charges stacked on top of each other...
Read moreSubject: Residential drug abuse program (rdap)
The most significant and long-standing federal drug treatment program is RDAP, the Residential Drug Abuse Program, which has been operating for about 30 years. It is not new but it remains the most impactful program available to federal inmates with documented substance abuse histories.
RDAP is an intensive nine to twelve-month residential treatment program offered at select Bureau of Prisons facilities. For eligible inmates who successfully complete it, the benefits are substantial. Up to 12 months off the sentence and at...
Read moreSubject: General prison questions-terminology
You can contact the inmate via mail only, immediately. Once they get settled, they can set up their call list. This might take a 1-2 day or maybe a week to get accomplished. They cannot receive calls, only make outbound calls. And they can also set up their visiting list.
Subject: Inmate services & supplies
Normally, these items must be purchased through the commissary.
Subject: Sentencing questions
He will probably have to sit there for a week or so until a magistrate judge sees him. The judge will want to know why he's violating a court order. If the judge believes his answer, he will probably be released shortly. If your boyfriend is defiant and unrepentant, he could sit there for months... for contempt of court. The judge must protect the rights of the person that your boyfriend is bothering. There is no actual sentence time. Just as long...
Read moreSubject: Send inmate mail
Absolutely, 100% as long as you have the correct facility name and the inmate's ID number
Subject: Medical treatment
Call the facility right now and do not wait. Someone passing out repeatedly and then going silent for two days is a situation that warrants an immediate welfare check, and you have every right to ask for one.
When you call, ask to speak with the unit team secretary first. Explain clearly and calmly that your girlfriend has been calling you daily, that she had been reporting episodes of passing out, and that you have not heard from her in two...
Read moreSubject: Prison discipline
Yes, it is absolutely considered an escape. And as you could imagine, is going to create a tremendous hardship on them when they are captured.
