Subject: Inmate search
You can DEFINITELY talk to her using an InmateAid Discount Phone number. In the meantime, the one of the best places to find ID number is vinelink.com
Subject: Prison discipline
A major disciplinary infraction close to a release date is a serious setback, but the exact impact depends on what the offense was, whether it constitutes a new criminal charge, and how the facility classifies it through their disciplinary process.
On the release date, a major infraction can affect things in a few different ways. If it results in loss of good time credits, the release date moves back by however much credit is taken away. If the infraction is severe...
Read moreSubject: Inmate transfer
Yes, most probably, however we do not know the reason he was in protective custody so that might change when he returns.
Subject: Sentencing questions
Depends on whether they have the opportunity to apply for parole at one-third of their sentence. This does not apply to all state inmates, but there are many more that have it than not. If there is not parole possible, they would do 85% of the imposed sentence.
Subject: Sentencing questions
Federal sentencing for a twelve month sentence is imposed as "a year and a day", which under the BOP rules makes the offender eligible for 15% good time. That means they will serve 10.2 months. Sentences over one year get good time, sentences less than a year do not. If the judge was not happy with the arrangement they could sentence her to straight 12 months and she would not be eligible for any good time and would have to...
Read moreSubject: General prison questions-terminology
There are computer labs for inmates to use but they are not connected to the internet. Some inmates gain access to the internet through smuggled smart phones but they are dangerous to be caught with them. Many do acquire them and almost all get thrown in the SHU and then shipped to a higher custody facility.
Subject: Release questions
In federal, he will do 85% of the 60 months or 51 months. If he is qualified, they might offer him RDAP. This is a nine-month residential drug and alcohol program that reduces the sentence by 12 months (with an automatic six months of halfway house).
Subject: Send inmate mail
When your inmate writes back, they send their reply letter to InmateAid's Florida address, which is printed on every envelope you send them. Once that letter arrives at InmateAid, it gets scanned and uploaded to your account as a PDF.
You will receive an email notification letting you know there is a letter waiting in your account. Log in, go to your dashboard, and the scanned letter will be there for you to read and download. You do not have to...
Read moreSubject: Bail & bond questions
A no-bond designation means the system has flagged her as someone who should not be released before a judge reviews the case in person. It is not necessarily permanent, but it does mean she is going to stay in custody until at least the arraignment or first appearance hearing.
At that hearing, a judge will review the circumstances and decide. Depending on the charge, her criminal history, and the arguments made by her attorney, the judge can do one of three...
Read moreSubject: Prison discipline
Absolutely, and it is one of the more straightforward paths to the hole that exists in any correctional facility.
Guards are there to maintain order, and an inmate verbally assaulting a staff member is a direct challenge to that order. It does not matter whether the words were said in anger, frustration, or as a heat of the moment reaction. Disrespecting or threatening a corrections officer is a serious disciplinary infraction at every facility, and the standard response is removal from...
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