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Subject: Relationship issues

Not unless your inmate friend were to tell you. It is most likely some sort of incident report, BUT the privacy of inmates is their business on the inside and no one else's, just the same as it is for you on the outside,

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Subject: Prison discipline

Uh oh! That was not a good idea. When they catch him, he will be sent to a higher security prison and will get none of the privileges he was getting prior to this bone-headed "escape", which is how the government will see it.

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Subject: Bail & bond questions

Yes, it is possible, and the process is more straightforward than most people realize. Bail bondsmen actively market their services inside jails. Their contact information is typically posted on bulletin boards or available through facility staff, because getting people out quickly is how they make their living. An inmate who has a debit card in their property and sufficient funds can contact a bondsman directly from inside. The bondsman will take a credit or debit card over the

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Subject: Inmate search

Sonny Joseph Morigeau - DOC ID# 3016314 Montana State Prison - Alt-Secure: Federal Court  400 Conley Lake RD  Deer Lodge, MT 59722  (406) 444-3930

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

maximum security

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Subject: Residential drug abuse program (rdap)

The RDAP program is inside the prison not off-site. The inmates are under the care and supervision of the psychology department (they run the program).

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

It depends on the facility and how their phone approval system works, and the answer is different in federal versus state and county systems. In the federal system, inmates manage their own approved call lists and add numbers directly through the phone system at their unit. There is no automatic flag that cross-references approved numbers against co-defendant status. Unless a specific no-contact order has been issued by the court prohibiting communication between co-defendants, a federal inmate can technically add

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Subject: Ice-immigration enforcement

Hopefully, he won't have to do any time but with this current administration, we have no idea what kind of time they are handing out third timers. The "zero tolerance" enforcement policy is to charge every person “illegally entering” the U.S. along the southwest border with a crime. Asylum seekers would be prosecuted under section 1325(a) of the 8 United States Code (U.S.C.), which states that “improper entry by alien” is a federal misdemeanor with a first offense carrying maximum fines of $50 to $250 and/or a

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