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Subject: Prison discipline

Yes, it is possible, and the way it typically works is that everyone involved in or connected to an incident gets written up regardless of how peripheral their role was. If another inmate came into your husband's cell to wait out a situation happening elsewhere, and officers found them there, both the person who entered and the person whose cell it was can end up with an infraction. Guilt by association is very real inside and officers do not always

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Subject: Re-entry & rehabilitation

Your power-of-attorney has nothing to do with anything related to his prison sentence. Parole eligibility is determined by the sentencing language from the judge. You may call the facility and ask to speak to the inmate's counselor or case manager to see if they have any information that they will share.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

85% of 16 months is 13.6 months. If he has 6 months in, then he has 7.6 months left to serve

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Subject: Sentencing questions

In California, most inmates are required to serve 85 percent of their imposed sentence before becoming eligible for release. On a 16 month sentence that works out to approximately 13 and a half months of actual time served. California moved to the 85 percent rule for most offenses as part of truth in sentencing reforms that eliminated the possibility of serving just half a sentence on many charges. The days of doing a third or half of your time

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Release dates are not available in all instances. If federal you can look on the bop.gov website where it is posted. If it is a state sentience, some of them have the information posted on the state DOC website. If you call the facility and ask to speak to the inamte's counselor or case manager, you might get their release date.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your

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Subject: Inmate search

send us a request via email at Aid@InmateAid.com with the inmate's name and other information that you have. We will do our best to help

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Subject: Commissary

yes, in most cases they get a slip of paper with the last name of the sender

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Subject: Visitation

Yes you must be approved with a background check, but the inmate has to fill it out and mail it to you before you are approved.

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Subject: Visitation

It depends on the facility. Some will allow you to bring some generic clothing, you should check with the staff beforehand to be certain. Books will not be allowed unless they are sent through [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?node=283155&tag=inmatecom-20&camp=15329&creative=394453&linkCode=ur1&adid=172T0Q79DKZT0EX7FWYE&&ref-refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inmateaid.com%2Fpages%2Fdetails%2Fsend-books-to-an-inmate-in-prison-or-jail)

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