Subject: Sentencing questions
Most if not all juvenile inmate records that you are seeking are not made public based legal requirements afforded to minors. As his mother, you might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
This is a serious set of charges with a decent amount of illegal drugs. The sentencing guidelines are harsh. Is he being prosecuted by the sheriff's department or the FBI? We need to know if it is a state charge or a federal charge. Unfortunately, first-time offenders are not afforded much of a break and with mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines in place the sentence could be hefty. Here is our best advice: Most private attorneys are not worth what you...
Read moreSubject: Parole, probation & supervised release
This is not usually good news. First violations are normally given the time that the probation vacated. If this is the second violation there could be more time tacked on. It depends on what the violation entailed and if there were any victims involved. Was a new crime committed or was it something like a missed payment or a failed drug test?
Subject: Visitation
The visiting list and the inmate visits are protected by privacy laws.
Subject: Inmate phone calls
Yes, there are no problems changing number - just email us the change and we will do it immediately
Subject: Send inmate mail
If it's through inmateAID we will resend it at no charge. If you sent the letter to the wrong address it will most probably come back
Subject: Send inmate mail
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Subject: Inmate search
State DOC websites do make inmate records publicly searchable, but they are designed as lookup tools for people who already know who they are searching for, not as browsable directories. Publishing a full list of every inmate with their ID numbers attached would raise serious privacy and security concerns, which is why that kind of open roster does not exist.
If you already have a specific person in mind and just need their DOC number, InmateAid can help with that. Send...
Read moreSubject: Prison discipline
Unfortunately the federal Bureau of Prisons does not have to tell the outside public anything that they are doing relating to inmate punishment or transfer. If your inmate is in the SHU, he is allowed one 15-minute phone call per week. He is allowed to receive mail and he is allowed to write. If you have spoken to your inmate's counselor or case manager (or unit team secretary) before that might open the lines of communication, but it is not...
Read moreSubject: Inmate search
You need to know the state they are in to begin. Most immigrant arrestees are held in ICE facilities. Click this [Immigration Detainee Locator](https://locator.ice.gov/odls/homePage.do) to locate them
