Sixty days in county is manageable and the preparation you do now makes a real difference in how smoothly it goes. Start with the phone situation. Many Illinois county jails use phone carriers that charge over $13 per call, which adds up fast over two months. Before you go in, find out which carrier your specific jail uses and set up a prepaid account with them using the numbers of the people you call most. That way funds are
Read moreNo. You cannot send any electronic devices to an inmate in any prison. However, there are some prisons that have their own special tablets that have educational programming from the facility available and they might have the ability to get books but we are dubious. Stick to paperbacks for now :)
Read moreThey would only know if you wrote them a letter. they cannot take messages for inmates not accept phone calls, you'll have to either write them a letter or use the InmateAid service for Letters or Postcards.
Read moreYes, "Letters from Inmates" is one of the most popular services. It provides a safe place to receive mail - our members write famous inmates, too and sometimes do now want to use their own address. For overseas members, there is no faster or cheaper way to receive mail from your inmate.
Read moreA second CDV battery charge within a year is a serious situation and the repeat nature of it is what changes the calculus most significantly. Judges take a dim view of domestic violence repeat offenses, and a second charge within twelve months tells the court that the first charge produced no behavioral change. That pattern is exactly what drives harsher sentencing decisions. The leniency that sometimes exists for a first offense is largely gone by the time someone is
Read moreThe short answer is "yes". A three year sentence (36 months) with 15% good time drops it to 31 months.
Read moreIt's called Letters from Inmates. Inmates write you back to our return address. We scan the letters they send and email the notification to you. It is a very popular service, the Users do not have to give their real address to the inmate (or the prison staff or other nosy inmates for that matter) if they want to keep that private.
Read moreYes, visitor approvals do not transfer between state prison systems. Each state runs its own independent approval process, and being approved in California has no bearing on your eligibility to visit in Arizona. You start the application process from scratch when an inmate moves to a different state's correctional system. Arizona's visitation application process differs from California's in one notable way. The Arizona Department of Corrections charges a fee for the visitor application, which covers the cost of the
Read moreWhether you need to reapply depends on where your inmate is moving from and to, and the distinction matters practically. If your inmate moves within the same state correctional system, your visitor approval generally stays valid across facilities in that system. In Mississippi specifically, if your paperwork is on file with the Mississippi Department of Corrections and your inmate transfers from one MDOC facility to another, that approval travels with them. You do not need to start the process
Read moreWhen a probation officer files a violation, the case goes back to the judge who originally sentenced your boyfriend. The PO submits a formal complaint to the court outlining the reasons for the violation, and the pending felony charge is the basis for that complaint. The violation itself is the legal mechanism the PO used to bring him back into custody while the new charge plays out. The pending felony charge and the probation violation are two separate legal
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