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Subject: Send books and magazines

Not really. The only thing that inmates might envy are magazine and newspaper subscriptions. Inmates that receive a lot of reading material like that are popular among the inmates as they usually get passed around. Reading material is a sort of currency that give the receiving inmate a lot of clout

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Subject: Re-entry & rehabilitation

All of the Probation Detention Centers in Georgia are minimum security facilities provided for the housing probationers. Offenders may be sent there directly from sentencing, or sent there if they have proven an inability to handle probation on the outside, or have been sent there as a result of direct violation or revocation of their parole. These centers have strict schedules which include directly supervised work on the outside and programs to aid the probationer in their successful re-entry to

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

The fire conservation camp inmates are lower security rated inmates that are given the privilege of working outside the walls of a standard prison. Their custody level is "minimum" which means there are no fences and very liberal incarceration methods. But, they are still inmates of the State and must not violate the trust that this custody level affords them. They have commissary to buy the essentials and extras that are on the list of available items. They may call

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

You can go straight to the source, the Clerk of the Court where your son was arraigned. Ask the person answering the phone the name of the judge presiding over the case and that you would like a written copy of the charges. You might have to pay a small fee for the information. This is where attorneys go to get their information to handle their cases, they often have to pay a small amount for copying charges. You are

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Subject: Inmate search

What is your inmate's DOB? What state are they inmate incarcerated in? This will help us locate them and create a profile for you to keep in contact with.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

They post the inmate's new location after the inmate is there. They will not notify you when they are doing a transfer nor will they notify you where - this is for security reasons.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Robbery is a serious charge. If this is something that she is unaware of, she should immediately be asking her attorney BEFORE entering a plea. Robbery can carry a double-digit year sentence so this needs to be handled properly.

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Subject: Inmate search

You can always ask us to double-check. We will do an inmate search for you and create your inmate's profile, all you have to do is ask.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

Either by asking the inmate, asking someone at the facility where you know them to be or check the inmate search online to see if there is a change. Unless you are a victim, you will not be notified of an inmate's movement, you have to check for yourself.

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Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms

When an offender is released to halfway house, they are still "property" of the state until that period of re-entry is complete. Halfway house is a privilege and probably came with some good time credits which allowed them released several months before the sentence ended. This violation might cause your friend to have to complete the entire sentence "inside". It is unlikely that the offender will get extra time as the "escape" would have to be more egregious. Running where

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