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Subject: Website function questions

we answer the questions every day. sometimes the question is redundant to others that have been already answered in this forum. use the search feature to see if that is the case for a question you might have asked.

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Subject: Prison discipline

It would appear that your boyfriend got an incident report for some sort of internal violation for most likely possession of contraband. It could be a cellphone, drugs or something on the banned list. The penalty is disciplinary confinement which is the "hole", the SHU, or segregated housing used as punishment. It means limited contact with other inmates and limited privileges like no phone calls, no visitation or limited personal property.

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Subject: Visitation

we would advise calling the facility and speak to the correctional officer that oversees the visiting room. Find out their policy about leaving your dog in the car, or find out what is acceptable

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Subject: Relationship issues

Inmates are generally all guilty of some crime. Lying is always part of the deal. If you are ride-or-die and he isn't, guess what? you need to find a new vehicle because this one isn't worth waiting for if he's doing this while locked up. Not all inmates have pen pals, some are actually doing their time without the drama. If he is not this type of guy, don't let your imagination get the best of you. 

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Subject: Relationship issues

Some do for sure. Depending on the amount of time in the sentence, the 19-month marker is about when the relationship breaks (my experience). Can it be repaired? Yes, it can but it'll take work and compromise on both parties.

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Subject: Relationship issues

good question! smack him upside the head? but he's not listening and the only way to get his attention is to get out of the situation. If he's doing it when you're around he doesn't respect you enough to stop. Maybe he'll wake up if you walk.

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Subject: Prison discipline

It depends on the quantity and the substance. It also depends on how it was brought in. The guards will want to know how they were smuggled in and who helped. If the inmate is cooperative, then the penalty might be a few weeks in the SHU. If they don't cooperate, there might be actual charges where time could be added to their sentence, new release date and definitely they would be transferred far away from home so that visitation would be

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Subject: Family services

The "next of kin"...

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Subject: Inmate transfer

Transfer decisions are among the most difficult things for families to influence from the outside, and the system offers very little transparency about why a specific request was denied. After 23 years of incarceration and 11 years at the same facility, a denial feels particularly frustrating, but the reality is that these decisions are made internally and the reasoning is rarely shared with the inmate or their family. That said, there are still some steps worth taking. Your

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The inmate either needs money on their books to make an outbound call, or they can make a collect call (the MOST expensive way to the recipient) OR someone on the outside can arrange to place money at the phone carrier (called Advance Pay). The third option normally has two pricing tiers and this is where InmateAid can make a substantial difference. Some pre-paid calls are as much as $15-20 per 15-minutes, InmateAid can get the same call for $3.00

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