The inmate's case manager and counselor recommend the amount of halfway house time. Usually, the longer the sentence, the longer the halfway house giving the released have ample time to re-enter the workplace and society in general. The qualifications are that the inmate is within 12 months of release. Normally six months is the longest time period for halfway house residency. Once there, the inmate is almost home. Continue following rules, get a job and start paying one-third of your...

Probation violations do not work like a new arrest, and that distinction matters for understanding what comes next. There is no bail hearing, no bond to post, and no way to get out while waiting. He will stay in county custody until he appears before the magistrate or judge who originally sentenced him. That is the person who has authority over what happens next, and that appearance is the only path forward. What happens at that hearing depends on several factors,...

If you ask an inmate (as you are now), the more the merrier :)... but you as a person on the outside trying to take care of your own expenses you should budget what you can afford to send. If money is no object, you might consider $75/wk for commissary and phone. In the federal system, they can only spend $69/month on phone and $315 on commissary + whatever money the emails are. It can become quite expensive so be careful...

The Florida Department of Corrections makes inmate information available to the public through their official offender search tool. You can look up your friend's record, current facility, and projected release date directly on their website. Use this link to search: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/OffenderSearch/Search.aspx You can search by name or DC number, which is the inmate's Florida DOC identification number. The results will show you their current custody status, the facility where they are housed, their offense information, and their tentative release date if one...

An RVR, or Rules Violation Report, is an internal disciplinary document generated when an inmate is found to have violated facility rules. It becomes part of the inmate's institutional record and is treated as protected information under federal and state privacy statutes. As a family member or partner on the outside, you have no legal right to access that record without the inmate's consent. The facility will not disclose disciplinary information to outside parties, and there is no public database or...

Most questions are answered within a few hours. When your question has been responded to, you will receive a notification by email and the answer will also appear in your InmateAid account dashboard. Both places, so you will not miss it. If your question did not get answered, there are a couple of reasons that happens. The most common one is that a very similar question has already been addressed somewhere in the archive. With over 5,000 questions and answers logged...