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Subject: Relationship issues

Inmates need support. If they are not into you anymore, they will pretend they are so you keep sending them money and have someone to talk to. When their bid is over - they feel free and want to have a fresh start. 

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Sexy photos are absolutely allowed, and they mean more to an inmate than most people realize. The guidelines are straightforward: lingerie shots, bikini photos, and tastefully suggestive poses are all fine. What crosses the line is exposed private parts or anything that would be classified as pornographic. Most facilities reject explicitly sexual material outright, and if it gets flagged in the mailroom, it never reaches him. Strategic posing with hands placed carefully is generally acceptable as long as it

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Subject: Send inmate mail

There is no limit to the number of letters an inmate may write or receive. Inmate mail is considered sacred by the prison system. It is highly promoted and even allows indigent inmates unlimited letter writing resources.

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Subject: Money transfer

We would NOT advise you send cash into a facility mail room, Our guess is that he will never see it.

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Subject: Relationship issues

We are former inmates answering these questions. We are not the inmate that you are "speaking to". If you would like to communicate with your inmate like this, click on Letters and Photos and send a sexy picture of yourself and then ask...

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Subject: Release questions

There are very few places where it is posted (except maybe in federal). What do you know? Do you know where he is incarcerated. Do you know for how long? Normally the release date is 85% of the imposed sentence.

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Subject: Relationship issues

It is not the easiest thing for an inmate to do unless their spouse files on the outside first. Your inmate would need a lawyer to handle the court filings. For the inmate to do this, he would need to be able to pay for the legal service of filing since he cannot do it for himself. The institution will NOT do this for him, they do not look at this issue seriously.

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Subject: Release questions

No. When someone is revoked back to custody for a parole violation, the system makes clear that this is the consequence for breaking the conditions they were given. The release date they hand down is the date. Good behavior is expected at that point, not rewarded with early release on top of the revocation. Parole violations are taken seriously precisely because the person already had the benefit of being out. Going back in for it is a direct consequence

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Subject: Money transfer

In most cases, he will not be notified automatically. Phone and commissary deposits do not come with an alert that reaches the inmate directly. The money appears in his account, but unless he checks it himself at a kiosk or asks a staff member, he may not know it is there until he tries to make a call. The most reliable way to let him know is to send him a letter. Write a short note telling him you

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