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Subject: Sentencing questions

Call the Clerk of the Court in the county where he is being sentenced, either on the day of the hearing or the day after. The clerk's office maintains the official record of all court proceedings and outcomes, and once the hearing is on the books, the information is public record. You do not need to be present at the hearing or have any special standing to request it. Just give them his full legal name and case number if

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Subject: Money transfer

To Deposit Money On an Inmate Account in Putnam County Jail FL, go to commissarydeposit.com -Click on Start Deposit -Choose Florida from the drop down box and click Next -Choose Putnam County Jail from the drop down box and click Next -Enter the inmate ID #, or last name in the appropriate box and click Next

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Subject: Medical treatment

Normally, the inmates that are under a doctor's care and have a legitimate prescription will get their medicine. There are usually a number of inmates requiring continuation of their meds - and there are provisions for the distribution three times per day.

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Depending on who the carrier is, you should be able to call there and add the new number to the existing account and take the old one off. Some will make you create a whole new account and have the remaining balance returned; they won't transfer the money.

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Subject: Relationship issues

Denial is one of the defining features of addiction, and it is not a personality flaw or simple stubbornness. It is a mechanism that allows someone to continue a behavior they are dependent on without having to confront the full weight of what it is doing to them. The brain under addiction actively works against honest self-assessment. The destruction has to be acknowledged before it can motivate change, and for some people that reckoning never fully arrives, no matter how

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

This depends on the facility and the carrier they have a contract with. Some calls are a low as six cents a minute versus fifteen dollars for the same call. Our Service can reduce this cost in most cases. If you tell us the name of the institution and your phone number we will give you an honest estimate whether our Service can help or not, BEFORE you sign up.

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Subject: Inmate search

Not all of the arresting jurisdictions make mugshots available online.

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

You have to go to the Clerk of the Court for that information.

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Subject: Education & vocational training

This is a great question. We have been working on devoting an entire section to the website specifically for this subject. For you, we would advise you to get into a real communication about the types of things in life he likes to be around. There are jobs everywhere, but first find a field that is exciting and motivating. If it's a love or passion for something, he will pursue it until he gets there. If there is no concretely

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Subject: Release questions

Unless there is massive overcrowding, the release date normally facotrs in the good time credits - so that date is when they'll most probably get out

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