Ask the Inmate | Survive Prison

Subject: Survive prison

Does the jail provide Chapel services? If so, is it available in Spanish?

Yes to both

Subject: Release questions

My wife was arrested lastvweek for not paying her supervision fees so if I pay those fees up to date will that help her in court

Yes, that will obviate the charge which is "contempt of court" since there are no debtor's prisons.

Subject: Commissary

what federal prisons can the imates purchase those tablets to where they can download music check emails etc. also what federal prisons are able to allow inmates to do the video visitation where loved ones can sit at home when unable to go visit them, how much does it cost. been told it costs $10-15 per 30 minutes and you have to be on their vistor list in order to do so. please help me is this true what is the process to do this

We are not 100% sure about the level this tablet pilot program is. We know that it's experimental but not available everywhere. There is no video visitation that we know of in federal. The email program is called Corrlinks, it is available at all institution in the BOP. It is a "closed email environment", where the email are on a 2-3 hour delay as they are screened for content.

Subject: Sentencing questions

my stepson in December,2012 was arrested in iowa for Count l & ll: delivery of a schedule II controlled substance (Meth) both class c felonies and count lll: delivery of Marijuana. On july 2013 he took a plea of having counts II & III dropped. plead guilty to the count I his prison sentence of 10 years fully suspended placed on probation for 3 years ewith random ua etc. and be placed for 180 days at a residential facility pay fines. he sucessfully completed his 180 days. was doing great until 2015. on november 2015 he went to move a friends car from street in town to our place and was arrested for driving without license, no insurance, Possesion of marijuana 2 offence, poss of Meth 2 offence, and taking/failure tio report contraband in jail(that charge he said he was searched 4 times 2 of them before they took him to jail and the other 2 at jail) he got chrged with that during he was in his cell in jail. on december of 2015 he was arrested for delivery of meth(in cerro gordo county) and he would been off probation on july 15,2016. he was told that his case going federal, so from dec 1,2015 to now he was in county jail. he is now being charged in federal with 1 count of Conspiracy to distribute (delivery) of meth 5 or more grams of pure Meth: US code 21 841(a), US code 21 841(b)(1)(B) and US code 21 846. his state charges(his floyd county charges for 11-4-2015, his cerro gordo charge to which he sold to an informant on oct 21,2015 including his probation Revoke still havent been dropped from what i see on the iowa courts website. when will the state charges be dropped being now his is going federal he was looking looking at 25-life in federal prison now 10-20years to which he apparently took some plea deal he told us 10-15 but his federal lawyer was asking 5-10 years due to health issues of his father who has seizures now suffering some memory loss and his little brother(12yrs old) has Wilson's Disease no cure for this disease for which his little brother is in stage 2 of the 4 stages of liver failure severe scarring to liver and his medication alone for this disease is $21,250 per month of 100 pills. he would help me at home with his dad like lifting him from floor when he has seizures, staying with his little brother when i run errands when his dad would be bed for being to drained from seizures and sleep. how much time will he actually do, will he be close to home like in oxford wisconsin, sandstone minnesota, yankton south dakota

We thank you for sharing your information, you've got a lot going on. The lawyer that is handling his plea agreement would know what the negotiation range is. On it's face, 25 to life seems high unless there is more to his criminal history than this. If he is considered a low-risk inmate, he could do time in the camp which is not hard time. It's just dealing with a lot of boredom. Good luck

Subject: Sentencing questions

My bf was arrested while on parole for meth charges again. How much time will he likely do? Was 3 months left on parole.

At least three months, unless they decided to hit him with new charges

Subject: Prisoner transfer

Does it mean anything when an inmate is moved to different dorms?

It depends on the custody level of the inmate. Movement does have "meaning" but it's not always a bad reason. In most cases, movement is nothing to be concerned about. Movement of bunk assignment is commonplace. Maybe 20% of the movement is for disciplinary reasons.

Subject: Relationship issues

I came in contact with an inmate who was jailed in harris county jail long story short we had came across each other in the past but never talked he would come around were I used to live and tried many times to get my attention but,,, I was married so I never paid him no mind. he made it so obvious my ex would even tell me he likes you,, yes I know he had no respect for my marriage but still like I said I never paid him no mind.. but to be honest I really liked him too.. To the point were I had mindfully committed adultery yes I know my mistake and of course that was something I had left to god to deal with but I only blame my ex for that mistake but anyways, here it is now two years in contact with him thru letters and phone calls so my question is,,, he is not married but has admitted that he has a baby mama is in his life they have a two year old little girl together and he has been in each other life on and off for ten years will he continue being with her again he is not married and I'm 100 sure of that should I continue keeping in contact with him I really have strong feelings for him please help me out...

We would advise you to go with your feelings. You said, " I'm 100 sure of that should I continue keeping in contact with him", this is what you should do, but be mindful of the baby momma and the child. These two people will be in the picture for many, many years and you will have to accept it for your relationship with him to work. If you make that transition smooth, the rest will be a piece of

Subject: Sentencing questions

my bf has 3 charges, criminal mischief, tampering with evidence (felony since it's his 3rd one) and theft. They gave him 8 months for the state jail (theft) and 4 years for TDC (tampering). His terms are running concurrent, and right now he's in county for a month-45 days i suppose for the criminal mischief, but after he leaves county he'll have a total of 8 months back time. They told me he would do tdc first and then state jail. What do you think he'll end up doing? He has no tattoos, hes not gang related and has no aggravated charges, not even in his past. He comes from a good family, just made bad choices being the black sheep of the family

All of the time he is doing will beneficially count towards that end total of four years. What is the difference between "state and TDC"? If we are reading this correctly, he has a total of 48 months, at 85% he will do almost 41 months and then be released.

Subject: Prison discipline

how do I stop an inmate from harrassing me from jail?

call the jail and report the harrassment

Subject: Release questions

Why will sentencing at the knox county jail not give me the date of release for my husband? He's doing 11/29 in County for a new charge and then goes back in Nov for his revocation hearing over cop on state..

The release date is calculated but the Department of Corrections and not the court.

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