Yes, they can. Most outgoing mail in not disturbed. The incoming mail is read however. We would still caution your inmate about putting too much information in a letter. If the case has not been tried yet, we think a better option would be to mark those type of letters "LEGAL MAIL" at the top and bottom of each letter. That would protect the inmate's privacy and if the contents of the letter were to be obtained, the court would

Special visits or visits requiring special accommodations should be arranged prior to the visit. If you have made special arrangements with the unit, call prior to leaving to ensure that plans for your visit have been made and are in place.  Special visits: Visitors traveling 250 miles or more in distance, one-way, as indicated by the Google Maps™ mileage guide at https://www.google.com/maps/. (Extended visits may be granted if time and space allows.) Prospective employers not on

County Jail is in many ways a little harder time than state or federal because there is limited recreational activities. Boredom is your biggest enemy. Also, the food is usually worse in county, too. If there is overcrowding, there is some likelihood you get released early if you keep clear of any incident reports. Most people in the county jail just want to get their short sentences over and aren't looking for trouble. Most are trying to avoid it and are

This will depend on his previous criminal history and his behavior while serving this sentence. The short sentence also is another component that is weighed in the decision-making process. If he gets to his counselor and continues to push the paperwork, he will have a better chance of attaining early release. 

Depending on where he is, he will likely do 85% of the 36 months or 30.6 months. First-time offenders do the same time as the rest of the inmates.

Actually, the federal statute is five years on a felon's possession of a firearm. If he gets a shot at parole in 18 months, it means the state did him a favor not getting the feds involved. Hopefully he will do well at his Parole Board Hearing and get out at half way through the three years.

Probably no more time added as marijuana is almost like tobacco now - we think that the penalties would be similar. But he will do think he will do much "harder time" for the balance of the sentence. He is probably in the SHU, or solitary now and it is our guess that he will spend several weeks there serving the punishment for having contraband.

Prison is like the movie, "Goundhog Day". Everyday you wake up and it's the exact same thing. The schedule never changes. You are told when to wake, when to sleep, when to eat, where to go and when you can go. You get a real lesson in patience. "Hurry up and wait...". You forget what day it is, what week it is. Your family goes on with their lives and you feel like you've died and you're watching them (you

The treatment facilities are still forms of incarceration which follow the rules of the TDCJ and laws of Texas. All state inmates will do 85% of their sentence before eligible for release unless there is a parole provision in the Judgment and Commitment Order.

Confidential means private or personal. There is no provision that allows for the naming of a confidential informant (CI) after a case is over. If he took the case to trial, the law would allow the accused to face the accuser. He waived that right when he took the plea. Sometimes there is no CI, the prosecution is good at bluffing defendants into taking a deal saying there is a CI when none exists.