Knowing more about the case will help locate that information. What was he charged with? What jurisdiction charged him (state, federal)? Was there violence?  Sometimes when someone is arrested near the weekend, they will make them wait until Monday for arraignment. Possibly the judge was not available. You could call the facility and ask - or call the Clerk of the Court as they would know too.

Yes, inmates are allowed to have glasses or contact lenses. Glasses might be easier to care for in the event that the commissary doesn't have a good selection of eye care solution to maintain it.  Some facilities will provide eyewear for the inmates, give them an exam and the glasses  If you are going to send them, you should call the facility and let them know your intention - get a name of a staff person who will receive them

Yes. InmateAid can deliver letters and photos to any prison or jail in the United States from anywhere in the world including Iran. You do not need to be located in the United States to use the service. Everything is handled online from your phone or computer regardless of where you are sending from. Your inmate can also write back to you through InmateAid's return letter service. They write a physical letter and send it to InmateAid's processing address.

The county jails do not accept any form of health insurance - and it's because your insurance doesn't cover you while incarcerated. If he needs dental work or especially a root canal, then he will definitely have money taken from his account to cover the cost. There are some county jails where the inmates even have to pay for their incarceration - a daily rate.

Disposed is one of those legal shorthand terms that appears on court documents and criminal records without much explanation, leaving families confused about what actually happened to a case. In general terms disposed means the case has been concluded or resolved in some way. The court action against the defendant has ended. However disposed by itself does not tell you how it ended and that distinction matters enormously. A case can be disposed of in several ways. The

Two DUIs is enough proof that his drinking is way beyond troubling. If a former inmate does ANYTHING after release, the sentence is harsher, the custody level heightened and the future bleaker. ANYTHING!! Its a total straight line or they are sent back - He will be on probation or supervised released which might include unscheduled breathalyzer and/or blood testing as the terms will surely prohibit drinking during this period. He has to be able to look in the mirror

Inmate debit calling works like any prepaid phone program. You fund an account through the facility's contracted phone carrier and your inmate uses that balance to make outgoing calls to approved numbers. As long as the account has funds and the number they are calling is on their approved list the calls go through. Number approval timeline How long it takes for a new number to be approved varies significantly by facility and phone carrier. In the best

There are several reasons mail does not reach an inmate and not all of them are benign. Here is an honest breakdown of what can happen between the moment you send a letter and the moment it should arrive at mail call. Content issues Every piece of incoming mail is opened and inspected by mailroom staff for contraband. If something in the letter violates facility rules the mail is typically marked returned to sender and sent back to

The sketch pad will probably need prior written approval from the prison - sending blank computer paper will be fine and YES he will be able to bring these possessions home with him.

This is a complex question best answered privately - the short public answer is it can be as bad as TV or a tame as a camp setting with white collar non-violent offenders. It really depends upon where he is sentenced to do his time. Other factors are the type of prison - whether its a state or federal facility, the length of the sentence, the crime and the sometimes the determining circumstances of the crime. But an inmate that