Subject: Sentencing questions
85% of 16 months is 13.6 months. If he has 6 months in, then he has 7.6 months left to serve
Subject: Sentencing questions
In California, most inmates are required to serve 85 percent of their imposed sentence before becoming eligible for release. On a 16 month sentence that works out to approximately 13 and a half months of actual time served.
California moved to the 85 percent rule for most offenses as part of truth in sentencing reforms that eliminated the possibility of serving just half a sentence on many charges. The days of doing a third or half of your time and walking...
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Release dates are not available in all instances. If federal you can look on the bop.gov website where it is posted. If it is a state sentience, some of them have the information posted on the state DOC website. If you call the facility and ask to speak to the inamte's counselor or case manager, you might get their release date.
Subject: Send inmate mail
Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones.
If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your inmate would...
Read moreSubject: Inmate search
send us a request via email at Aid@InmateAid.com with the inmate's name and other information that you have. We will do our best to help
Subject: Commissary
yes, in most cases they get a slip of paper with the last name of the sender
Subject: Visitation
Yes you must be approved with a background check, but the inmate has to fill it out and mail it to you before you are approved.
Subject: Visitation
It depends on the facility. Some will allow you to bring some generic clothing, you should check with the staff beforehand to be certain. Books will not be allowed unless they are sent through [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_sl_pc_tf_lc?node=283155&tag=inmatecom-20&camp=15329&creative=394453&linkCode=ur1&adid=172T0Q79DKZT0EX7FWYE&&ref-refURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inmateaid.com%2Fpages%2Fdetails%2Fsend-books-to-an-inmate-in-prison-or-jail)
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
The real question is how did he get released? You can only get redress if you press charges. You cannot expect the legal process to help you if you are not willing to sever the relationship and go after him criminally and civilly. Domestic abuse cases would proceed with vigor if the victims stop protecting their attackers.
Subject: Law & court questions - legal terms
Depending on the state where the nisi order was filed, it generally is a "dismissal for failure to act on default
". For example, where an action has remained on the docket for eight months without an answer or defensive motion having been filed by any defendant, the Clerk-Magistrate shall enter an Order Nisi for Dismissal advising the plaintiff that a Judgment of Dismissal will be entered 30 days from the date of the Order unless the plaintiff either (1)...
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