Hay más de 18.000 prisiones y cárceles y alrededor de 25 compañías telefónicas independientes que contratan instalaciones individuales. En casi todos los casos, existe una amplia variación de precios según su ubicación. En la prisión federal, las tarifas son de seis centavos por minuto para un número local, 21 centavos por minuto para una llamada de larga distancia. Cualquier número local ayudará a un preso federal a ahorrar dinero. Emitimos la línea local, se la dan al interno que tiene que...

There is no set timeline, and that is the frustrating reality of transfers within the county and state system. Once a sentence is handed down and a placement is determined, the facility needs two things to move him: an available bed at the receiving location and a transport arrangement. Both of those depend on factors outside anyone's direct control. If the detention center has open beds and a transport run scheduled soon, it could happen within days. If beds are tight...

The short answer is they can hold him until the end of whatever sentence was originally imposed, and in some cases that is exactly what happens. Probation violations go back to the judge who handed down the original sentence, and that is where things get complicated. That judge already showed leniency once by putting your son on probation instead of sending him to prison or jail. When a violation brings someone back into the courtroom, the judge's goodwill from the first...

It happens constantly, and it is one of the more predictable problems in county jail environments. Drugs inside jails and prisons are far more available than most people on the outside imagine. The demand is there because addiction does not stop at the facility door. People who were using heavily before they came in are still dealing with that dependency inside, and where there is demand, someone will try to meet it. Smuggling attempts come through visits, mail, staff, and people...

Quarantine is one of the harder stretches an inmate can go through, and the communication blackout on your end is genuinely stressful when nobody will tell you anything. Here is what the inside of a quarantine period actually looks like. Inmates are locked down 24 hours a day with very limited exceptions. Three hours of rec yard time per week and three showers per week are the standard allowances. Outside of those windows, they are in the cell. Phone access during quarantine...