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Subject: Inmate phone calls

This depends on your phone number. If you would like an honest estimate, email us (aid@inmateaid.com) the name of the facility with your phone number and we will let you know the pricing options

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

YES, 100%. email us at aid@inmateaid.com and we'll give you a coupon to try out any of the Services

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Subject: Inmate transfer

They probably broke rules serious enough that required placing them in a facility where the security level is higher. 

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

InmateAid numbers are selected by software matching the rate calculator prices for all numbers as they relate to the prison pricing and then delivering them to you via email and text

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Subject: Survive prison

Both are a prison but in my opinion, the federal prisons are better because they have a bigger operating budget. The staff is well-paid and well-trained. The food is better with more choices. There are more vocational and educational opportunities. But, neither is better than freedom.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

It means that they are transferred to another facility of similar security level.

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Subject: Parole & probation

Yes, and that outcome, while harsh, is within the judge's authority. That is the part that catches most families off guard. When a judge grants probation, they are suspending a sentence that was already calculated and ready to be imposed. The probation conditions, including mandatory mental health treatment, are not suggestions. They are the specific terms under which that suspended sentence stays suspended. When any condition gets violated, even one that does not involve a new crime, the judge

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Subject: Relationship issues

On the bail question, almost certainly not, and here is why both charges work against it simultaneously. Felony domestic violence charges are treated seriously by courts across every jurisdiction, and judges setting bail on these cases weigh the safety of the alleged victim heavily. In many states there are mandatory hold periods after a domestic violence arrest before bail can even be considered, and when bail is set on felony DV it tends to be high precisely because the

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Subject: Parole & probation

There is no time limit. The parole board hearing is a privilege that is given by the sentencing judge. The detaining organization decides when the parole hearings will be held and for whom.

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