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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

InmateAid does not monitor, verify or update the inmate profiles that are greated by our Member/Users. We do however do our best to answer every request sent to aid@inmateaid.com in locating locations, identification numbers, and release dates. The more information you have on the offender, the easier it'll be to locate them. Release dates are not always published online, but the inmate certainly has their out-date, they meet frequently with their case manager or counselor often

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Subject: Inmate transfer

No, but there is a connection. The Saguaro Correctional Center is a prison operated by CCA (Corrections Corporation of America) located in Eloy, Arizona. The prison contracts with the Hawaii Department of Public Safety to house their DOC inmates.

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Subject: Visitation

Saguaro Correctional Center is a multi-level security facility operated by CoreCivic, formerly known as CCA. It is not a local, state, or federal institution in the traditional sense. It is a private facility that houses Hawaii state inmates, which is why it is located in Arizona but holds people sentenced under Hawaii law. For the general population inmates, visits are held on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Wednesdays are reserved for Special Management inmates, which includes those in segregation,

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

The [postcards](https://www.inmateaid.com/postcards) are 4" x 6" and the photos are printed on the back of the card (up to four total). There is a small border so the pictures will appear to be small if you put four in that space. The [photos](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters) that come with the letters are 4" x 6" glossy paper printed to the edge of the paper. These are of the higest quality and are much better for important pictures you want your inmate

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Subject: Send inmate mail

InmateAID has made it easy to [write any inmate](https://www.inmateaid.com/letters) anytime from anywhere from your smartphone. You do not need to be on a correspondence list unless your inmate is restricted from incoming correcpsondence by Homeland Security. This is very rare. Other potential restrictions would be related to a no-contact order, or the victims in this crime or co-conspirators.

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Subject: Release questions

If it says 670 days left on the InmateAid inmate profile, that is the adjusted release date with the good time already figured in. Sounds like a 2018 release date.

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Subject: Furloughs

The answer is "sometimes". Depending on the length of the sentence, the type of crime, the level of custody and then there is the logistics for movement. If this were to be granted, the inmate might have to bear the cost of travel and to have officers accompany them.

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Subject: Release questions

Most county jails do not provide transportation or travel funds for short-sentence inmates being released. The standard procedure is that the inmate gets their personal property back and walks out the door. Whether anyone is there to pick them up is up to the family. That said, every county does things a little differently, and some jails have modest provisions for releasing inmates, a bus ticket, a small amount of gate money, or access to a phone to arrange

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Subject: Sentence reduction

There used to be some programs that gave offenders good time credits for kitchen work, but things have changed quite a bit and there are only a few state prisons left that offer incentives like that.

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