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Subject: Prison discipline

Group punishment for some bad act that occurred. 

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Subject: Relationship issues

They BOTH wish!!! Hell no, it's all segregated by sex or there'd be a lot of prison babies :)

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Subject: Send inmate mail

No to both, and these are hard prohibitions rather than flexible guidelines. Inmates are not permitted to communicate directly with other inmates at other facilities, whether through email, letters, or any other channel. The concern is obvious: unchecked inmate-to-inmate communication across facilities creates serious risks around coordination of criminal activity, gang communication, intimidation of witnesses, and other security threats. The system is designed to prevent it. Money transfers between inmates are equally prohibited. Inmates cannot send funds to each

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The inmates can send all the letters they want, provided they buy stamps in the commissary for postage. The inmates without money on their books can get stamps and letter writing material for free (as indigent inmates).

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Subject: Inmate search

The law prohibits the listing of juveniles in ANY inmate locator. In fact, they are referred to as residents and their incarceration is completely private.

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Subject: Send books and magazines

Yes. Tattoo Magazine can be sent to inmates at Oregon State Correctional Institution. You can order it through Amazon and ship it directly to the facility, or you can send it through InmateAid as we work with the same publisher. A couple of things to keep in mind when ordering any magazine subscription for an inmate. The subscription must ship directly from the publisher or an approved retailer. Magazines sent from a personal address will be rejected at the

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Subject: After prison challenges & services

Federal law under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c) imposes mandatory minimum sentences for using or possessing a firearm during a drug trafficking crime or crime of violence. The mandatory minimums are steep on their own: 5 years for possession, 7 years for brandishing, and 10 years for discharging the weapon. A second or subsequent conviction under 924(c) triggers a 25-year mandatory minimum on top of everything else. The stacking problem comes from how these sentences are applied. Under the law,

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

This phone service will work with every jail listed, The only thing that changes is the price based upon your current number vs. the location of the facility.

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Subject: Sentence reduction

All inmates receive "good time credits" when they begin their sentence. Usually, that is 15% and that is the most it can be, it can only lessen by bad behavior. The one way for early release is if the inmate has information about another crime or criminal enterprise that would lead to the prosecution and conviction of another. THAT is also called snitching (not recommended) and it could carry repercussions on the yard, but the weak-minded always look for a short cut.

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Subject: Prison discipline

Ther prisons do not share any information about the reasons for anything that goes on inside the walls. Unless the issue leaks out from an inmate that shared it with their loved ones, no news gets out 

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