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Subject: Send books and magazines

there was a time when penthouse stopped publishing nudity (believe it or not). that has changed again recently so there will be no more Penthouse in prison for that reason.

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Subject: Website function questions

Yes they do deliver to all federal prisons.

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Subject: Release questions

the release date is whatever the Bureau of Prisons website says it is. the date posted there has already calculated the 15% good time credit. you can check here - https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/

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Subject: Relationship issues

There are a few explanations worth considering before drawing any conclusions. The most common reason for a name match with different details is that it is simply a different person. Common names produce multiple results across inmate databases, and without a unique identifier like an inmate number it is easy to pull up someone who shares a name but is an entirely different individual. That is the first thing to rule out. If you are confident it is

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Subject: Re-entry & rehabilitation

You are right, and the gap between what the system provides and what people actually need after a long sentence is significant. Twenty-six years inside means he came out into a world that looks almost nothing like the one he left. Technology alone is overwhelming for someone reintegrating after that length of time. Smartphones, social media, online banking, digital job applications, and the general pace of modern life are not intuitive for someone who has been cut off from

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Subject: Website function questions

Not being listed is not a problem and it does not mean the services are unavailable. You can create the inmate profile yourself directly in your InmateAid account. Inmates do not set up their own InmateAid accounts. The profiles are created and managed by the people on the outside who are supporting them. If your inmate does not already have a profile in the system, you just need to add them. The process is straightforward as long as you

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Subject: Relationship issues

Don't let your imagination run away with you. Inmates sometimes pick a fight to see if you'll stay with them... because can't account for you on the outside, the fight is a test to see if you'll go on without them. He can't do anything about what you're doing. Sometimes his imagination might get the better of him.

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Subject: Sentence reduction

There are some institutions that reward trustees with some extra good time, but that isn't necessarily the norm. We cannot name one that does but have heard there are some, somewhere.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Look them up and reintroduce yourself in a letter. I guarantee you they will love hearing from you and it will make their day.

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