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Subject: Visitation

Here is a link to the visitation times and dates for Manson Youth Institution: http://www.ct.gov/doc/lib/doc/pdf/visit/visitMYI.pdf

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Subject: Visitation

There is almost always a specific reason behind a visitation denial and it rarely comes down to the relationship itself. The mother of someone's child is not automatically disqualified from visiting, which means if a denial has happened, something else is driving it. The most common reasons visitation gets denied have nothing to do with the family connection and everything to do with background and history. A prior felony conviction is one of the most frequent disqualifiers across most

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Inmates are allowed to receive paperback books a the Bristol County MA Jail & House of Correction as long as they are delivered by a publisher like Amazon. Amazon is one of the only companies that may deliver books to inmates. You have to enter the inmate's name, ID number and the correct address of the facility. You have to buy "new paperback books", the used books are sold by third party affiliates and those books will get

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Subject: Send inmate money

Click on www.accesscorrections.com to send money to your loved one. Access Secure Deposits takes all MasterCard and Visa debit and credit cards. Additional information is also located under Frequently Asked Questions.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Inmates that are incarcerated for a long period become institutionalized. They get used to having no responsibility, they are fed, housed and generally don't have to take care of themselves. They are told when to wake, when to sleep, when to eat, etc. The controlling of one's routine sometimes removes the desire of a person to get back into society and cope. If there were more programs that focused on the inmate's reentry, focused on the vocational aspect

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

It depends on the violation, the judge hearing the case and if it's the judge that originally sentenced them the re-sentencing could be quite harsh. The time could be a few weeks and all the way up to the entire amount of the sentence that was remaining when they were granted parole.

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Subject: Send inmate mail

InmateAid's letter service runs through the US Postal Service, not the internet. Your friend does not need to know about the program or sign up for anything. He does not receive an email or a notification. He simply gets a physical letter delivered through normal mail call, the same as any letter sent from home. There is nothing for him to do on his end to receive it. As for the timeline, letters typically take 2 to 3 business

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

Our service is not a replacement for the phone service at the jail/prison/detention center. Our service makes theirs less expensive by using a phone number that is either local to the facility or some other area code that we are sure will reduce the call price. Your inmate dials this number we've provided and it will ring on your current phone. You will need to register the number with phone service (just like you would your long distance

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

It would appear that you've answered your own question. If he is getting released in four months and he can't add a Malvern number to his call list, then there would not seem to be any benefit. The flip side is that the call price differential is about $4.00 per call. We have a high density of users of the InmateAid Discount telephone service in The Omega Technical Violator Center and have not heard of the difficulty adding a

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Subject: Commissary

InmateAID works perfectly for all incarcerated individuals. The services that are available are extremely reliable. If you have a specific concern about a service for a county jail, please feel free to write back and we will do our best to give you an accurate answer.

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