Subject: Furloughs
It depends on where, but MOST facilities have completely stopped conjugal visits... bummer :(
Subject: Inmate services & supplies
Mail call at Riverhead typically runs around 4 pm. Once the mailroom processes and clears incoming mail, it is distributed to the housing units at that time. Keep in mind that the actual delivery to the inmate's hands depends on when the letter arrives at the facility, clears the mailroom inspection, and makes it to the next mail call rotation.
On phone calls, inmates at Riverhead can make as many calls as time and their account balance allow. There is no...
Read moreSubject: Parole & probation
Usually once a month
Subject: Website function questions
It is free for the inmates, but there is a nominal fee to retrieve their correspondence on your end
Subject: Survive prison
Probably not, inmates have a tendency to overstate their treatment to gain sympathy from the outside world in the pursuit of money being placed on their commissary. We encourage adding a little money to their books from time to time, but they need to be straight with you, too
Subject: Furloughs
You cannot petition for an inmate's furlough, it must be granted from within. Four months is not long enough to be considered for a furlough.
Subject: Inmate services & supplies
An inmate's "business" while incarcerated is private and they are afforded the same protection anyone on the outside would. Therefore, that information is not available. If you "know" this random inmate's name you can certainly use the services of InmateAid to convey that in the form of photos, greeting cards, magazines, etc.
Subject: Parole & probation
Sounds like going back is unavoidable. Cleary he likes it in there because he keeps violating.
Subject: Sentencing questions
The designation for commitment is determined by the Department of Corrections. They will base the security classification on a number of factors including their criminal history, the type of crime they are convicted of, the value of the crime in dollars, was there any violence, and was anyone injured or any involvement with a gun.
Subject: Prison discipline
We have never heard that before. Some county jails charge a per-day fee for staying in their facility. They charge for medical treatment, too. BUT, they do not have the power to fine an inmate for not doing something. They can be sent to the SHU, also known as the "hole" which is solitary confinement.
