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Subject: Inmate phone calls

You would login to your My Account area. Click on Discount Telephone, then click on Add Local line. Then include the State, Facility, Your Telephone Number and select the plan either Monthly or Quarterly. The next screen you will see is the breakdown of what you are paying for. Then click to the next screen which is a checkout page where you enter your credit/debit card information. After your payment goes through it will immediately email your receipt of purchase.

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Subject: Relationship issues

Receiving letters and photos from the people you love while incarcerated is genuinely one of the most meaningful things that happens inside. Mail call is a ritual that never loses its weight. Hearing your name called and holding something someone took the time to write or photograph for you is a tangible reminder that the world outside has not moved on without you and that people are waiting. That connection matters more than most people on the outside realize.

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Subject: Visitation

The facility will not notify you, your inmate gets the approvals so you will have to get your information from him

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Yes, inmates in the Special Housing Unit can make phone calls, but access is severely limited compared to the general population. The standard across most federal and state facilities is one 15-minute call per week. That is it. One window, 15 minutes, and if the call does not connect or gets cut short, that opportunity is gone until the following week. This applies broadly across the federal system and most state prison systems, though the specific rules can vary

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Subject: Education & vocational training

Yes, in fact it is a requirement for ALL inmates without a high school diploma to take courses that will lead to them getting their GED before they are released.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Dead time is time spent institutionalized that does not count as credit toward the defendant's sentence. An example would be time spent confined in a mental hospital while the defendant is being restored to competency to stand trial. Halfway house time pending sentencing can also sometimes be dead time. In the U.S., federal law provides that a defendant shall be given credit toward the service of a term of imprisonment for any time he has spent in official detention

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Subject: Commissary

Yes, Faulkner County Detention Center does offer food items through their commissary. Most county detention facilities include food and snack items as part of their commissary offerings, and Faulkner County is no exception. Typical items available through jail commissaries include instant soups, chips, cookies, candy, peanut butter, crackers, and drink mixes. The exact inventory varies and can change, so what is available one month may not be there the next. Commissary is one of the most important quality

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Subject: Sentencing questions

In most cases, they will be required to do 85% of the sentence. That is about 30.6 months.

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Subject: Prison discipline

Probation violation / domestic violence charge could send him back to prison for the remainder of his term to fulfill the time he was granted in his probation. Plus, a new charge with violence might add considerable time as he is a repeat offender. The sentencing judges do not like to see an "old face" before them when there was some leniency granted the first time. The sentence for domestic violence could be ten years or more. If he went

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your

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