sometimes there is a feeling of helplessness. other times t is something else. by pushing you away, they are testing you to see if you'll come back. it is a sort of manipulation that an inmate gets very good at. it's like transferring guilt. you have to try and convince them that you are "ride or die".
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Read moreno, they must abide by whatever rules are where they are being held. federal prisoners are in county jail mainly because they are testifying in some case in that jurisdiction.
Read moreit takes months to hear back... and it's a real long shot
Read moreThe honest answer is that it depends almost entirely on what she did with those two years inside, and you probably already know the answer better than you think. Parole boards are not complicated in what they look for. They want to see that an inmate followed the rules, stayed out of disciplinary trouble, and engaged with whatever programming her counselor recommended. Substance abuse treatment, educational courses, vocational training, anger management, whatever was on her program plan, completion of
Read moreGetting caught with a cell phone in prison is one of the worst disciplinary situations an inmate can land in, and the consequences stack on multiple levels. At the facility level it is an immediate major infraction. That means disciplinary segregation, loss of privileges, and a serious entry in the inmate's record that follows them to every subsequent review. When that person sits in front of a parole board, the board sees everything, and a cell phone infraction signals
Read moreyou will be sent to the hole for months
Read moreFirst, take a breath. A month without a response does not mean what you are afraid it means. Getting adjusted to incarceration is genuinely hard in ways that are difficult to explain from the outside. The first weeks and months inside are disorienting, humbling, and emotionally exhausting. Some people shut down. Some are too proud to show vulnerability in a letter. Some are still trying to figure out who they are in this new environment before they can reach
Read moreyou cannot get that information, he has a complete right of privacy. he can, however, request a copy and could share it with you if you are interested in a reaction
Read morewrite them and see what happens... if you do nothing, you'll always wonder and in turn, you'll never give the inmate a chance to prove you're right/wrong
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