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Subject: Residential drug abuse program (rdap)

The most significant and long-standing federal drug treatment program is RDAP, the Residential Drug Abuse Program, which has been operating for about 30 years. It is not new but it remains the most impactful program available to federal inmates with documented substance abuse histories. RDAP is an intensive nine to twelve-month residential treatment program offered at select Bureau of Prisons facilities. For eligible inmates who successfully complete it, the benefits are substantial. Up to 12 months off the sentence

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

You can contact the inmate via mail only, immediately. Once they get settled, they can set up their call list. This might take a 1-2 day or maybe a week to get accomplished. They cannot receive calls, only make outbound calls. And they can also set up their visiting list. 

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Subject: Inmate services & supplies

Normally, these items must be purchased through the commissary.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

He will probably have to sit there for a week or so until a magistrate judge sees him. The judge will want to know why he's violating a court order. If the judge believes his answer, he will probably be released shortly. If your boyfriend is defiant and unrepentant, he could sit there for months... for contempt of court. The judge must protect the rights of the person that your boyfriend is bothering. There is no actual sentence time. Just as long

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Absolutely, 100% as long as you have the correct facility name and the inmate's ID number

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Subject: Medical treatment

Call the facility right now and do not wait. Someone passing out repeatedly and then going silent for two days is a situation that warrants an immediate welfare check, and you have every right to ask for one. When you call, ask to speak with the unit team secretary first. Explain clearly and calmly that your girlfriend has been calling you daily, that she had been reporting episodes of passing out, and that you have not heard from her

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Subject: Prison discipline

Yes, it is absolutely considered an escape. And as you could imagine, is going to create a tremendous hardship on them when they are captured.

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Subject: Prison discipline

Do you know why he is in the SHU? The reason behind being in solitary would probably answer why it's taking so long. When I was in the SHU, there was a guy there for 11 months awaiting a transfer. He was caught with a cellphone and had to do 18 months in the SHU before they would transfer him to a higher custody prison. Administrative makes me think that he might have asked to be taken out of the

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

No, inmates cannot receive calls, whatsoever. If it is a true emergency, please call the facility and ask to speak with a counselor or case manager, they will somehow get the message to your inmate.

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Subject: Visitation

Possibly, and the fact that you are the child's parent rather than a random person with a felony record is your strongest argument for getting approved. Most correctional facilities have an automatic restriction on visitors with felony convictions, and Potomac Correctional Center in West Virginia follows standard West Virginia DOC visitation policy which includes that restriction. The standard process does not approve felons for visitation without additional review. That is the baseline you are working against. However, the

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