The SHU, the hole, solitary confinement, they are all the same thing, and being placed there does not cut off contact with family entirely. Mail continues normally in both directions. He can send and receive letters on the same schedule as general population. Phone access is restricted though, typically down to one 15-minute call per week. Visitation depends on what he did to land there. Some offenses allow visits to continue, others result in visitation being suspended for the duration....

A probation violation with three separate issues stacked together is a serious situation, and the outlook is not good. The judge who originally granted probation instead of prison time extended a form of leniency, and coming back before that same judge on a violation, especially one involving missed reporting, unpaid fees, and a dirty test, is going to test that goodwill hard. In Tennessee, a VOP hearing does not carry the same burden of proof as a criminal trial. The judge...

Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state houses military inmates at the Regional Correctional Facility, which operates under the jurisdiction of the United States Army rather than the Bureau of Prisons. That distinction matters because military correctional facilities follow Department of Defense regulations rather than standard federal BOP rules, and the restrictions tend to be stricter and less flexible than what civilian federal inmates deal with. Mail is generally permitted but what you can send is tightly controlled. Standard letters and cards...

We are not a replacement for the prison phone service, we make their service cheaper by providing you a number that will charge you their lowest possible rate. You have to register the number we have provided on their service to receive calls. It is the price difference between local and long distance why people use our service. Therefore, you have to pay Global Tel for every call whether you use us or not, but in your case, the call...

If they are in federal prison, you can email them for free but the inmate is charged by the system for the minutes they are on the email program whether reading incoming emails or writing outbound emails. The charges are deducted from their commissary account. The program is called Corrlinks. For other prisons, there are no free services - there is always some form of charge whether it be on the side of the inmate or the side of the loved...