No, just add money to their commissary. Your stamped envelopes will either be returned or discarded, they will not make it to your inmate.

The letter and photo service from InmateAid is straightforward. You type up a letter and upload photos where applicable - proceed to the Pay Now page and complete the transaction. The letter order flows through our Admin area to the Processing Department. Letters are processed immediately upon entry unless it is after 4pm on Saturday, then the letters do not go through the process until Monday morning. You may check in your My Account area to see the status

The "work release program" is designated for inmates who are doing time and have worked their way down custody status levels. Work release is at the very end of the spectrum - right before release giving the inmate some incentive for good behavior and following the programming recommendations of their counselor. As far as family services go, since this is pre-trial, there is little to offer the program directors if there is no disposition. The programs available to the indigient

It takes a few weeks before they calculate and post the date

Their date of birth is usually a good determinant

No, it is at the bond hearing that a magistrate (a special judge that handles arraignments and setting release bonds) will decide the merits of a bond. What is the prosecution suggesting? They have a lot of influence over the amount that is ultimately set. The bond is specific to the charges, criminal history and whether the magistrate (and prosecution) feels the offender is a treat to the community and will they reappear for the court dates.

A suspended sentence means that although the judge is imposing a prison sentence, they are not requiring you to do the time - you get a "Get out of Jail - Free" card. If you HAD a suspended sentence and have violated, then you will have to do 85% of the 360 days.

There is no way that outside pressure will change the status of an inmate in any situation. The Department of Corrections or the Bureau of Prisons has the final say on all internal rulings. If he has information and is unwilling to share it, he will likely be there for many months. They have their ways and their rules and whatever the truth is means little to dissuade their position - time, however long brings outs the whole story.

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There are two numbers on the confirmation email, one is the number you provided - that is the "forward-to" number, the other number is the number to use to save money with.