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Subject: Inmate phone calls

We are not replacing Paytel, we’re getting a number that gets you the lowest rate they offer. In most cases, your calls are $6-7.00 each, we get you the right number that saves over $3.00 per call, it'll pay for itself in only 6 calls. If you talk every day, the service will save a lot more than the $20 fee we charge. That is why this service is loved by thousands since 2012. 

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Depends on the mood of the judge that did the original sentencing. The worst case scenario is that the offender must finish out the remaining months on the original sentence.

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Their correct address is connectnetwork.com and you want to set up an Advance Pay account. You have to add money when you set up the account. If you have an account already, they will allow you to add the new number from InmateAid - it'll get you at least 50% off, sometimes more. There is a rate calculator on the GlobalTel*Link site to verify the savings you get with the InmateAid number. If we cannot save you money we refund the

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Subject: Website function questions

The inmate can reply at no cost to them except for the cost of the stamp

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Subject: Relationship issues

If you are referring to YOU having sex with an inmate, that is not going to happen as there are no prisons that have conjugal visits any longer. BUT, it can happen - I was in a federal camp and there were two or three guys that had some arrangement with the guards that gave them a broom closet to have sex in the middle of visitation. If I didn't see it myself I would have doubted the story. I also

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Subject: Work release

It probably takes a week or so for them to get settled and assigned to a work detail.

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Subject: Parole & probation

If he violated probation there won't be a bond, he'll have to wait to appear before the judge that issued the warrant.

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Subject: After prison challenges & services

The pod is a sub-section within the detention center. It is usually a large triangular room with cells lining one of the walls stacked two high. There is an open unit with a TV, several tables that are made for jails with four seats attached. The entire table is attached to the floor. The showers are in the open, in view of the guards who are stationed in a protected booth that looks down on the entire pod

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Yes, Telmate (gettingout.com) is the carrier at the Winston County Jail. We can get the calls to $3.00 for 15-minutes. If you are paying more per call than that, it's time to start saving money. Call or email and we'll help you get set up. 

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