The state intake process is a bit lengthy as they go through several staff interviews that range from medical, psychological to educational assessment and work/job profiling. Once they are settled into a routine, the communication between you two will improve and be more often. A three year sentence requires that 85% of be served. The 15% is considered good time and is given to all inmate upon arrival. An inmate can only lose good time by getting incident reports. If she...

JPay accounts are tied to the inmate rather than the facility, which means in theory the account and any associated funds should follow them when they move within the same state system. Texas Department of Criminal Justice uses JPay across its units, so a transfer from Powledge to another TDCJ unit should not require setting up an entirely new account. That said, transfers can create temporary gaps in the system. There is sometimes a lag between when an inmate arrives at...

If an inmate anywhere can make the bail that posted, they will get released with stipulations. The bail bond company is reassuring the Court that the offender will appear for all the court appearances. The bail bond company might take into consideration the offender is from a different county and could add more cost to the bond. It's all done on a case-by-case basis determining the risk to the bond company and deciding on how much money will assure compliance....

Inmates required for hospital stay are released pretty quickly back to the facility - they don't keep them longer than necessary as it is an additional cost to the department, whom are very budget-conscious. There are no set rules for phone calls, they are handled on a case-by-case basis - sometimes they are forbidden for security reasons. You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information....

Almost every inmate must have a job. They range from working in the kitchen, in education, landscaping, recreation, construction, plumbing, electrical, as a medical orderly, as an orderly cleaning the general areas, clerking for staff, working in the chapel are among the many jobs available for inmates. The pay is between 12 - 40 cents per hour. Some inmates actually have the opportunity to make a bit more money in their jobs if they take on a supervisory role reporting...

We need more information to add anything that might help. Let us recap and you help us sense here: Your husband is serving time for violation by his probation officer and contempt of court? What are these dates representing 12/24/15 to 9/23/2016? He has a pending domestic violence charge from 2013 and you want to know what we think his sentence will be? We want to know his prior criminal history, the number of times he has been incarcerated and the...

The SHU or Special Housing Unit is the area of segregation that has no time limit. Prison rules are set by and followed only by prison personnel and no other outside forces may weigh in. Inmates are not entitled to attorney representation or other rights afforded by regular citizens. When the BOP states "they are investigating", there nothing an inmate can do. They have to deal with the rigors of the SHU. Our advice is to send him a lot...