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Subject: Inmate transfer

The offender must be held until that jurisdiction sends the marshal service or their sheriff's deputy to pick them up to face the charges at the new court.

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Subject: Inmate services & supplies

Yes, and access to feminine hygiene products is treated as a basic necessity rather than a privilege in correctional facilities across the country. For inmates who have money on their commissary account, several brands and product types are typically available for purchase. Tampons, pads, and other feminine hygiene items appear on most commissary lists and are generally priced comparably to what you would find at a grocery or drug store. Having funds on the account gives women the ability

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Subject: Family services

Can I mail an engagement ring to an inmate at Scott County Jail in Mississippi? No. Engagement rings are not permitted to be mailed to inmates at Scott County Jail or at virtually any other correctional facility in the country. The policy distinction that exists in most facilities is between engagement rings and wedding rings, and even that limited exception is applied narrowly. Some facilities allow a plain wedding band to be brought in or mailed as part

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Subject: Pending criminal charges

If you know the county, you can contact the Clerk of the Court and file a request for information. This is where lawyers go to get their information.

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Subject: Medical treatment

This is a serious situation and worth acting on today, not tomorrow. A Type 1 diabetic with a foot infection and a fever of 101 is not a routine medical situation. Diabetic foot infections can escalate rapidly and become life-threatening if not treated aggressively. The fact that antibiotics were ordered but have not arrived yet is a gap that needs to close quickly, and you are right to be concerned. Call the facility now and ask to speak

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The 300 minutes are not free. They are an allotment, meaning the Bureau of Prisons sets a monthly cap on how many minutes a federal inmate can use, but every call within that allotment still costs money that comes out of the inmate's account. Here is how the financial side works. Federal inmates manage their funds through TRULINCS, which is the BOP's internal banking system. Money deposited by family members on the outside flows into the TRULINCS account, and

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Not directly. You could imagine the ways that they could accomplish it thought by having someone on the outside do it for them.

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Subject: Prison discipline

Group punishment for some bad act that occurred. 

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Subject: Relationship issues

They BOTH wish!!! Hell no, it's all segregated by sex or there'd be a lot of prison babies :)

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Subject: Send inmate mail

No to both, and these are hard prohibitions rather than flexible guidelines. Inmates are not permitted to communicate directly with other inmates at other facilities, whether through email, letters, or any other channel. The concern is obvious: unchecked inmate-to-inmate communication across facilities creates serious risks around coordination of criminal activity, gang communication, intimidation of witnesses, and other security threats. The system is designed to prevent it. Money transfers between inmates are equally prohibited. Inmates cannot send funds to each

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