Subject: Sentencing questions
The federal statute for felony gun possession is five years. Since he cooperated, they might cut him some slack but he knows he in not allowed near a firearm or ammunition, and he's been in the system so he already knows the consequences.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
You do not need to find out whether your inmate already has a profile on InmateAid before setting one up as a surprise. The service is built entirely for the person on the outside, and your inmate does not create or manage an account themselves.
Here is how it works. You create the account, search for your person at Turbeville Correctional Institution in South Carolina, and set up their profile with their facility information. If a profile already exists in the...
Read moreSubject: Visitation
whoever is on the inmate's visitation list and gets approved by the staff is allowed to visit
Subject: Survive prison
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 ready and...
Read moreSubject: Send books and magazines
No. 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 :)
Subject: Send inmate mail
They 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.
Subject: Send inmate mail
Yes, "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.
Subject: Sentencing questions
A 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 standing before...
Read moreSubject: Release questions
The short answer is "yes". A three year sentence (36 months) with 15% good time drops it to 31 months.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
It'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.
