County jail visitation varies more than people expect, and Loudoun County has specific protocols worth knowing before you show up. Contact versus non-contact visits depend on the inmate's housing classification and the facility's current setup. Many county jails, including a number of Virginia facilities, use video visitation terminals or glass partition visits rather than contact visits for general population. That means you may be speaking through a phone handset with a glass or screen between you rather than sitting at a...

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 inmate would...

Loudoun County Adult Detention Center is a county jail, and like most county facilities its biggest challenge is not violence, it is boredom. County jails are not designed for long-term housing. There is limited programming, minimal structured activity, and a lot of hours with nothing to fill them. When you put dozens of people in a confined space with nothing to do, tension builds. Most conflict in county jail does not come from hardened criminals looking for trouble, it comes from...

Inmates may use the phone pretty much during all "waking hours". Phone lines are open at 6am and turn off at 11pm. Visitors to Hill Corrections Center will be required to produce photo identification and verification of date of birth. Please be sure to bring 2 forms of identification with you; these would include a current photo ID such as a driver’s license, a state ID card, government ID card, military ID/driver’s license, or acceptable documentation of non-U.S. citizenship including a...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice will not tell you the destination in advance, and that is standard policy across virtually every correctional system for transfers of any kind. Transfer routes, destinations, and timing are kept confidential for security reasons. It protects the inmates being moved, the transport staff, and the integrity of the process. That information does not get shared with family members ahead of time regardless of the circumstances or how the question is asked. SAFPF, the Substance Abuse Felony...

This is a serious situation and the consequences are going to be significant on multiple levels. Work release is one of the most privileged statuses an inmate can have. It means the system trusted him enough to send him outside the walls with minimal supervision. Getting caught smuggling contraband back in is a direct betrayal of that trust, and the response from the facility and the courts will reflect that. The immediate consequence is the SHU. Expect several months in segregation at...

It starts with his original Judgement and Commitment Order received when he was sentenced. If parole is an option, the terms would be found in this document. If he is indeed set for a Parole Hearing in November, he will have been given a package of information, maybe requiring some written responses to questions. He would meet a Board that would assess whether they agree to let him back into society. They weigh the risks to the community with the...