The math works out more favorably than the full two years suggest, and here is how to read it. The starting point is 85 percent of the 24-month sentence, which is the standard minimum time served requirement in California and several other states for most offenses. Eighty-five percent of 24 months equals 20.4 months as the total time that needs to be served. From that 20.4 months, you subtract the 96 days of presentence credit he has already
Read moreYou can contact him by writing. Inmates cannot receive incoming calls
Read moreNot normally. You can call the facility and speak to a counselor or case manager and ask nicely if they will relay a message. The rules are usually against this, but if you ask nicely, they might pass along your urgent message.
Read moreThis is one of the hardest situations a family member can face, and the instinct to do something is completely understandable. The challenge is that acting from the outside without knowing exactly what is happening inside can sometimes make things worse before they get better. On the complaint question, it depends heavily on the nature and severity of what is happening. If the mistreatment involves serious physical abuse by correctional officers, that is a civil rights issue and should
Read moreIt depends on the facility and the officer handling the visit, and there is no consistent rule across all county jails. In many county jails, when a visitor arrives and checks in, the corrections officer will contact the housing unit to let the inmate know they have a visitor. Whether that officer volunteers your name or waits for the inmate to ask varies. Some officers announce who is there as a matter of routine. Others simply tell the inmate
Read moreThe hardest part of this answer is that your ability to influence his physical placement from the outside is extremely limited, and calling the classification center to request a move is not something that carries weight in the way you might hope. Facility placement decisions belong entirely to the corrections department, and outside requests from family members do not typically move that needle. What can actually help him is action on his end, and he needs to take it
Read moreThere are no specific deadlines that they follow. When they come to transport an inmate from one jail to the next, it is on the timeline of the sheriff's convenience - and whatever court dates are scheduled.
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Read moreSpeaking from 66 months of direct experience, a one-year sentence is on the lighter end of what the system hands out, and the environment that comes with it reflects that. Short-term inmates are typically placed in minimum or low-security facilities where the general population is made up of people who are also close to the door and have no interest in making trouble. Everyone is counting down and most people just want to get through it cleanly. Prison rape
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