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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

It comes down to the dollar amount of the theft, your criminal history, how pissed off the victim is and if you are cooperating with the prosecution or are you making them fight to convict you. If you are a first time offender and the crime is petty theft, you might not do any time. If you have a bunch of priors and this crime is in the tens of thousands or more, you will probably get 1-3 years -

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

If you included your boyfriend's name when setting up your account you can go to his profile and click on letter under his name and it will create a place to type your letter. You can also send him photos to keep him company during his bid. Let us know if you need assistance with setting up this to send mail.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Yes, you can send your inmate magazine subscriptions from InmateAid. We offer great titles and discounts. Let us know the titles that you are interested in, via email and we will send you coupon codes that you can use at check-out.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

The inmate information on this website is self-directed data meaning that the member/user creates and controls that information. We do not create inmate profiles nor do we monitor their accuracy. It is not uncommon for an inmate to be transferred after spending time in solitary confinement, also known as the SHU (special housing unit). This sounds like a method of operation of the federal prison system (BOP), if your inmate is in federal prison (or any other prison, we just

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Inmates do not make an account on InmateAid, they do not have access to the Internet. This site is for you to help them while they are in. Some of the services we offer here are not easy to find. We think we've made the process more convenient for you. We estimate that it takes 2-3 business days to make it to the jail. Once there, the staff opens and reads each piece of mail and inspects it for contraband.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

You will be able to send him as many letters and photos as you'd like. You may send him magazine subscriptions and books. There telephone call restriction will be lifted after a period of time and then you can use that if your calls are long distance.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

They should be in the system. Even released inmates are in the BOP Locator. The only time they are not in there is if they go into protective custody or WITSEC. If that is the case, you will not be able to find them.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

A detainer is just a "hold" placed on someone that is in jail. If a subject is incarcerated and has a warrant out of another jurisdiction, then a detainer is placed on that subject so he won't be released before there's a chance for extradition.A detainer is a warrant placed against an inmate for pending charges from another jurisdiction. These pending charge(s) are usually from some county, federal and/or out-of-state law enforcement agencies. A detainer warrant may also be placed

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Our service gets a local land line that matches the rate center of the TDCJ Unit your wide is confined to. It will ring on your cellphone. The service saves anywhere from $4-15 per call depending on where you are and where your wife is. If you want us to give you an honest estimate, give us the facility name and your number and we will let you know if we can help.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your inmate would write you back to the return address on the letters which are to the InmateAid corporate offices in Florida. We receive the letters on your behalf, scan them into your My Account section and notify you by email that they are waiting for your review.

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