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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

It is legal if the judge built it into the original sentencing order. This is more common than most people realize. When a judge sentences someone and there are fines or supervision fees attached, the sentencing document sometimes includes a provision that ties early release or a specific release date to payment of those amounts. If that language is in his order, then failing to pay the fees before his release date gives the court or the facility the authority

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Subject: Pending criminal charges

An inmate who is under investigation for conspiracy to smuggle contraband has basically no rights. They are not entitled to a lawyer; they are not entitled to privileges afforded to other inmates. Privileges such as phone time, commissary and visitation may be taken away for months and months because they are not a basic inmate right; they are "an extra". Inmates lose sight of the fact that they are prisoners of the jurisdiction where they are sentenced. Some think that

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Subject: Arrest record search

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

It depends on a few factors. Criminal history, circumstances of the offense, injuries or damages are just some of the components in determining the length of the sentence. If we were to simply guess without knowledge of some of the factors listed above, 10 - 20 years.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Yes, the institutions provide standard issue winter-wear clothing. There are knit caps and heavy coats that get distributed when it starts getting cold.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

It depends on him. If he wants to break the cycle of being incarcerated, then he will go straight. If he is too institutionalized he will keep going back. You already know this, but he is the only one that can decide, you can't do it for him.

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

You provide your inmate's location and the phone number you want the calls forwarded to - we will get you a number that will save you money, within an hour. You receive that new number via email and it is ready to go when you get it. Send us your telephone number and the facility name - we will give you an honest estimate before you sign-up

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Subject: Post conviction appeals

Sixteen years is a significant amount of time, and the frustration behind this question is understandable. But a realistic answer requires honesty about how difficult this path is. A 35-year sentence for multiple robbery convictions reflects a criminal history the court viewed as serious and repeated. Sentences of that length are not revisited simply because time has passed or because the sentence feels disproportionate to the family. Courts operate on the record that existed at the time of sentencing,

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Subject: Visitation

Here is the [Visitation LINK](http://www.doc.la.gov/quicklinks/offender-info/visitation/), we sent the entire document to your email.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

There is no real answer. The probation officer will get to the violation when he gets around to it. There is no rhyme or reason, we can empathize with your situation, but they go on their own timetable. There is an outside chance that they will NOT violate him for lack of payment because they are mindful that jobs and money are hard to come by. Non-payment is not the worse offense they see so maybe this PO is in

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