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Subject: Sentencing questions

The parole threshold dates are set by the judge in his Judgment and Commitment Order. If the inmate has already served 80% of their sentence, there were either no parole opportunities offered or they were denied. We know that the states offer 15% good time and if your inmate does indeed have a clean record, he might be within a year of being released to a halfway house. Of course, we are guessing because we do not have the benefit

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Subject: Visitation

Yes, and the visitation for work release inmates is quite comfortable. Call the facility for exact times and requirements.

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Subject: Relationship issues

You want to change who your inmate may call? That will NEVER happen. You cannot control the inmate's call list, visitation list or how they spend the money they have on their books. Inmates have privacy rights, too. If you do not want an inmate to contact you, you can call the facility and speak to a counselor or case manager - they will see to it that you are not disturbed.

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Subject: Visitation

That depends on the facility. Some require that you fill out a visitation form that is sent into the national crime database (NCIC). Most if not all jails and prisons will nt allow a felon or former inmate to visit a current inmate without pre-approval for a special visit by the warden. There are other facilities that will allow a visit with your driver's license. You should call them directly to make sure you are in compliance before making the

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Subject: Sex offenders

We don't have any rapists here to answer this question, but if you had a firearm at your side the intruder would not be thinking about sex at all.

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Subject: Relationship issues

There must be some hard feelings there. Why did you wait FOUR years? Have you ever attempted to commnicate with him by mail? Letter writing might be the best way for both of you to being an exchange of feelings - about what went wrong between you and how can you fix it.

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Subject: Inmate search

there are no juvenile inmate locators. juvenile offender's are protected by the privacy act for minors - the information is not public.

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Subject: Prison discipline

It can range from several months in the SHU and lost privileges to catching another charge and having time added to their current sentence.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

They can keep him for as long as they wabt, related to the original sentence. That is the downside of violating, going back and finishing out your remaining months.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

A parole violation hold is one of the most frustrating situations a family member can face from the outside, because the system has almost no obligation to explain itself while it plays out. Here is the reality. A parole hold carries no bond. There is no amount of money that gets someone out while a violation is being investigated or processed. Your friend sits until the system decides what happens next, and that timeline is entirely at the discretion

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