Subject: Bail & bond questions
Using only the information you've given us, our opinion (and we are NOT lawyers) is that the bond is set at arraignment not during the warrant phase. Our instincts tell us that they owe money to the courts for child support or some fine that has triggered the warrant. You can call the Clerk of the Court and find out how the warrant was written. Your answers are in that document.
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
The prisons do not keep inmates beyond their release date unless there is something like a detainer or that the inmate caught a new charge. You can contact the judge's office who originally sentenced him and see what the actual sentence was. And then the clerk of the court to see if there is anything pending in that jurisdiction.
Subject: All topics
Yes, the service for that facility is City TeleCoin. We will get you a number that will make the calls at the cheapest rate they offer. There should be a savings of $3-4 per call.
Subject: Send inmate mail
The online letter is the most reliable. Inmates have to call you, you cannot call in and ask to speak to them. Therefore, the letter can initiate contact but then the inmate would have to call you.
Subject: Send inmate mail
The inmates may write you back through us. If they do, we scan their mail into your account and notify you by email that you have correspondence.
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
Yes, InmateAid works with every county jail, state and federal prison
Subject: Send inmate mail
Yes, absolutely we will notify you that they have written you back
Subject: Inmate phone calls
It’s very simple to update your number.
If you change your phone number, just send us your new forward-to number, and we will update it on your account.
What this means:
Your InmateAid local number stays the same (the one your inmate dials)
We simply change where those calls are forwarded to
Your inmate does not need to learn a new number
How to request the change:
Email us with your new number
Include your current number and account details if possible
We will make the change quickly, and there is no charge for updating your...
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Yes, and they DO! When we receive the letter from your inmate on your behalf - we scan it into your account and then notify you by email that it is there.
Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release
What happens next depends on what the violation was and how the parole board views it, but there are some common outcomes.
Since he was close to finishing parole, the board will look closely at:
Type of violation (technical vs new crime)
His overall behavior while on parole
Risk to the public
If it was a minor (technical) violation:
Examples: missed meetings, curfew issues, failed check-ins
He could be sanctioned with short jail time
Parole could be reinstated with stricter conditions
He might have to serve some of the remaining time
If it was a serious...
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