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Subject: Website function questions

Usually within a few hours. You will receive an email and you can find the answers in your Account Dashboard as well

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Subject: Sentencing questions

You can contact the Clerk of the Court and request a Judgment and Commitment Order. This is the document that the judge signs and it has all of the sentencing information.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

Inmate transfer will not affect the parole hearing. In fact, they might be transferring him to a facility that holds the hearing. They do not tell the inmates about a transfer in advance of that for the safety of the transporting officers.

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Subject: Release questions

call the facility and ask if they are still there

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Subject: Send inmate mail

normally 2 days

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Subject: Prison discipline

Yes, SMART (Stress Management and Rehabilitation Training) is a prison-based program designed to teach inmates how to manage their stress, aggression, and trauma, building a foundation for a new life. The SMART objective is to make a life-transforming difference in the lives of all people within the criminal justice system, by teaching skills for reducing stress, healing trauma, and providing practical knowledge of how to handle one’s emotions, live to one’s highest potential and contribute to society. SMART aims to reduce

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

yes, as long as there is money on their books

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Subject: Visitation

It could take up to a week or so to gain approval. The facility normally does not notify you when you are approved. It is your inmate's responsibility to let you know. There are a couple of different types of visitation for inmates: Video visitation is becoming more common and in some instances can be done from the comfort of your own home.  Video visitation works similar to the way you would use Facetime or Skype.  Non-contact or telephone

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The inmate is notified that they have money in their trust account by their counselor or through the internal communication system (i.e.Trulincs in BOP)

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