Subject: Bail & bond questions
Yes, that is the standard amount required by most bail bondsman
Subject: Send inmate mail
yes, eyeglasses are permitted
Subject: Inmateaid website questions
Answers are sometimes redundant or duplicates of what we have previously answered. All of your questions have been answered - and there are several similar answers posted on the site from months and years past.
Subject: Parole & probation
New charge or not, the violation sends him to the prison he was originally incarcerated to potentially complete the first sentence that he got parole/probation on, in its entirety.
Subject: After prison challenges & services
Inmates have a form they fill out which can transfer money from their commissary account to someone on the outside. In federal prison, the form is called a BP-199.
Subject: Marriage in prison
It depends on the facility, the inmate's disciplinary history and time left on his sentence. We recommend calling the facility to see what they will allow.
Subject: Send inmate mail
It's a very good question, you'd think that it would keep them calm. I would have loved to get pics like that. BUT, as you already know, they will send them back. We have people try every day to send nude pictures but they never get through... to ANY facility.
Subject: Sentencing questions
Not a good scenario. Since we don't know what he's done five times it's hard to guess the sentence. But, with the criminal history element, it is going to be a longer sentence than before.
Subject: Prison violence
The main difference is the federal budget is $7 billion/year, the inmates are well fed and well cared for with a lot of programming options. In general, the guards are paid better and trained better. The state system is as different as the 50 states they are in. Some are okay and others are miserable - like no air conditioning in the hot southern summer. We would say with 100% surety that the federal penitentiaries are better for the inmate than...
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