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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

You daughter violated her probation, she will be designated to the facility of their choosing. They are not considering her family's hardships, nor is she entitled to decide where they are going to hold her. If she didn't want to go back in, she knew what the rules of freedom were. Maybe after these next eleven months she will listen to you and behave herself. She has to change or the next time will be much, much more severe.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The number of photos allowed per envelope varies by facility and is set by the individual institution's mail policy rather than a universal rule. La Palma Correctional Center in Eloy is a private facility operated by CoreCivic, and their specific photo limits are worth confirming directly before you send anything. The most reliable way to get that answer is to call La Palma directly and ask the mailroom or a counselor what the current photo policy allows per envelope.

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

InmateAid has been around helping folks for many years. We would NEVER charge your card for anything without your permission. In fact, your credit card information only goes to the bank processing company - NO FINANCIAL RECORDS are stored on InmateAid servers.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

A cross-state transfer for someone serving 60 to 70 years for murder while in protective custody at a maximum security facility is extremely unlikely, and understanding why helps set realistic expectations. Protective custody exists because the facility has determined the inmate cannot safely be housed in general population. That designation alone signals to any receiving institution that this person comes with significant management considerations. Moving someone in that status is not a simple administrative transfer, it requires coordination between

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The general rule is the phones are on at 6am and off at 9:30, seven days a week. Times vary but this is a very good example. Some inmates may have telephone restrictions for disciplinary reasons which would limit usage altogether. Inmates must have money on their account or have a loved one set up a pre-paid account with a carrier. The inmate may dial out during those times and the amount of the call is debited from the account.

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Subject: Visitation

An inmate's ability to block contact is more limited than most people assume, and they have zero control over their administrative information. On the administrative side, inmates cannot change their name in the system or alter their booking number under any circumstances. Those designations are assigned by the jurisdiction at intake and are fixed. The facility controls that information entirely, and no inmate request changes it. On communication, the picture is a little more nuanced. An inmate can

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Yes, InmateAid's discount phone service works at facilities across the country including Morgan County Missouri in Versailles. Here is how the savings actually happen. Every county jail contracts with a phone carrier through a government bid process, and because there is no competition built into that system, the rates end up far higher than they should be. InmateAid works around that by providing a local phone number that your inmate dials instead of your regular number. Since local calls

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

Did you set up the profile or just found it on the site? The members create the profiles to keep connected. If the information is incorrect, let us know and we will fix it immediately.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

You can face up to the full amount of the original sentence. If she got 15% good time, released earlier than her original out-date then all or a portion of what remains on the sentence. It all depends on the judge and the language in the warrant.

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Subject: Prison violence

Probation violation at the federal level does not usually turn out well for the violator. Usually, the original sentencing judge sees the violator. When they look at the record, the sentence, the violation while at the halfway house.

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