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Your daughter is entitled to legal representation. Her lawyer will have the charges and explain them to her. The state statute you are referring to 13-3854 is "Arrest without a warrant" The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private citizen without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of another state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but...

Yes, you can send money, letters, books and magazines. Private prisons are owned by a corporation and work under a contract with the agency that supplies them with inmates. They are paid by-the-inmate, for each day of incarceration. It is a controversial but effective means of incarceration. The bigger problem is that these companies spend millions lobbying Congress promoting incarceration rather than rehabilitation. It's a onflict of interest for those seeking to reduce sentences and find a better way, especially...

What your ex got from us is a telephone number that makes the calls from your inmate less expensive. We are not replacing the service at the jail, you still pay them for the calls but with our number the calls through their service is generally about $4-5 per call cheaper. The cost of our service includes the number and forwarding minutes of the call to the line that you provide. It does not affect your current number. The savings...

The commissary lists generally include typical personal hygiene items you'd find at a drug store. The facility provides the bare minimum but inmates can "upgrade" some of these essentials. They also sell foods and snacks. There are items that are sold that act as the currency for the jail. Packs of tuna, chicken, salmon and beef are used for bartering between inmates for services between themselves. They also sell candy, chips and other junk food. There is a limit that...

A double-digit sentence is at least ten years. If she was moved from the federal detention center it means that the US Attorney is not prosecuting the case. It would appear that the District Attorney is going to try the case in state court, which is why she was transferred to a county jail. If she is convicted, she would go to state prison, not federal prison. Robbery charges are serious and often carry double-digit sentences (up to 25 years)...

The phone number provided though the Discount Telephone Service must be given to your inmate, and it's the responsibility of the member/user to do so. Sometimes you can ask a staff member if they will relay the number to your inmate. In most cases, they will cite a rule that they are not allowed. You can get the number by using your old number one last time to let them know to use the new number. OR, you can use...

InmateAid is NOT a replacement for the phone service at the prison or jail, we make their service cheaper with local phone numbers. Here is how the industry works: The phone service at any particular correctional center is set up through bid process. Whomever has the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls - essentially has a monopoly. Therefore, you have to use them to receive any calls. The choice is whether you pay them...