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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Booking is not a quick process and the jail runs it at whatever pace the staff and the system allow. After an arrest, the person is transported to the facility, and then the processing begins: identity verification, fingerprinting, photographing, entering charges into the system, searching for outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions, health screening, property inventory, and classification. Each step takes time and they happen in sequence. Busy days, shift changes, high intake volume, or situations where multiple warrants need

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Subject: Visitation

We are not 100% on the additional rules for handling overcrowding at Three Lakes Conservative Camp's visitation. We encourage you to call the facility to be sure - 702-879-5475

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Subject: Relationship issues

You're asking a former inmate how to stop another inmate from contacting your girlfriend?? First, we don't snitch and second, you don't sound strong enough to keep her. The inmate already won.

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Subject: Relationship issues

You can't get that information from the prison. The inmates have a right to privacy and their visitation list, phone list, commissary contributors are kept confidential. If you know she has in the past, your suspicions are probably correct.

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Subject: Relationship issues

we know that the inmates love getting mail. if your inmate is new to the system, they might not be totally settled or maybe they are in their feelings at the moment. We would recommend that you continue writing if you are able.

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Subject: Inmate transfer

It could be only one reason, that county wants him in court for something. It could be a new charge or he could be a material witness in another case.

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Subject: After prison challenges & services

Not likely, a four year sentence sounds like a state crime so they would be transferred to a state facility.

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