When the release date says, "Unknown", it could mean a few different things. One, that the calculation on their sentence has not been put in the system; two that the inmate has cooperated with the government and is awaiting the sentence reduction; three that they have RDAP and the adjustment has not been done yet; four that they have a detainer and are awaiting additional charges to be added and then determined.
Read moreyes you can reinvent yourself if you put your mind to it
Read moreYou can try calling, but do not count on it working. In most facilities, the rules prohibit staff from modifying an inmate's approved phone list based on a request from an outside caller. The phone list exists as a security measure and changes to it are supposed to go through the inmate, not through family or friends calling in. That said, some staff members will make an exception for a simple request like adding a phone number, particularly if you
Read moreIt would be very risky to attempt a visit with your situation. There is a high likelihood that you would be held for the county that has a warrant out for you.
Read moreThe options at the county jail level are significantly more limited than what you find in state or federal prison, and Meade County is no exception. County jails are designed for short-term housing. The programming infrastructure that exists in longer-term facilities, vocational training, substance abuse treatment, college courses, and similar offerings, simply does not exist at most county jails because the population turns over too quickly to justify building it out. The GED program is typically the most substantive
Read moreThe starting point for any Louisiana state sentence calculation is the 85 percent rule. Regardless of what the sentence says on paper, Louisiana requires inmates to serve at least 85 percent of their sentence before becoming eligible for release consideration. On a 4 year sentence that is 48 months, and 85 percent of that works out to roughly 40.8 months, so just under 41 months served before any release is possible. The 15 percent that represents the maximum good
Read moreDo not go. This is one of the clearest situations where the risk to you is immediate and serious. When you enter a correctional facility for visitation, your identification is run through law enforcement databases as part of the check-in process. That search surfaces outstanding warrants, pending charges, and any active law enforcement flags associated with your name. If anything comes back, the facility has an obligation to act on it, and you could be detained on the spot
Read moreThe honest answer is that the combination of a habitual offender designation and a fleeing charge makes home confinement a very unlikely outcome, and disability status does not change that calculation in any meaningful way. Home incarceration and work release programs exist as rewards for demonstrated trustworthiness and low risk. The court and corrections system look at the totality of someone's record when making those determinations. A habitual offender designation means the system has already seen this person cycle
Read moreYes, they are calling from the jail or detention facility's landlines. The caller ID to you'll see is the phone that they call from. That number CANNOT receive incoming calls, it's enabled to only make outbound calls.
Read moreHome incarceration is one step removed from the halfway house. Offenders on home confinement wear a monitoring device usually on their ankle (i wore mine on my wrist, it looked like a watch and no one knew the difference) which is a conversation-starter for sure. The home confinement recipient must have a job and an approved residence with a verified landline telephone. Here is a typical day You wake up at least once in the middle of
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