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Subject: Visitation

We are not certain, there are two facilities in Walsenburg, the Huerfano County Detention Center (719) 738-1740 and Huerfano County Correctional Center (719) 738-3246... give them a call to see if they have video visits  

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Subject: Send books and magazines

The magazine subscriptions come directly from the publisher, a rule set by the prisons and jails. Depending on the individual publisher the first issue arrives in about 8-12 weeks and then is repeated month after month until the total amount of issues are delivered. This is similar to any magazine subscription for anyone that takes a subscription postcard from a magazine and mails it to the publisher. If you are still in the "delivery window", have no fear InmateAid has been

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Subject: Sentencing questions

There is no way to predict that with confidence without knowing more about the specifics, including whether new charges were filed, what the judge said at the last hearing, and what the terms of his supervision looked like. Those details matter a great deal in how the judge is going to read this. What can be said is that missing a court-ordered DV review is a more serious misstep than missing a routine appearance. Domestic violence cases carry heightened

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Subject: Parole & probation

An Intermediate Sanction Facility, or ISF, in Texas is itself a form of community supervision, sitting between standard probation and full incarceration. Being placed in an ISF typically means someone violated the terms of their probation and the court responded with a structured residential program rather than sending them to prison. It is a last-chance opportunity to complete supervision requirements in a controlled environment. Because the ISF is already a supervised program rather than a traditional sentence, the concept

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Subject: Education & vocational training

On a 6-month sentence, good time credit is minimal. If any is applied, it typically comes out to around 15 percent of the sentence, which, over 6 months, amounts to less than a month off. The practical effect is small, and by the time the process of calculating and applying it runs its course, the sentence is nearly finished regardless. Parole in the traditional sense does not really apply to an ISF placement. An Intermediate Sanction Facility is already

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Subject: Visitation

Usually, a week or two depending on their orientation schedule

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Subject: Send inmate money

Yes, most facilities can deposit a check directly into an inmate's account, but the process has to be done correctly to avoid the check sitting unprocessed or being returned. Do not mail the check directly without first calling the facility and speaking with her case manager or counselor. They will give you the specific instructions for that institution, including who to address it to, what information to include with the check, and what the facility's process is for handling

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Subject: Sentencing questions

The typical calculation is 85% of your sentence is what you'll serve. That equates to 15.3 months, with 4 months already served, there is 11.3 months remaining

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Subject: Commissary

Inmates can use their money in their Inmate Account to buy commissary, add talk time to their phone, send an email and even send money home to family members.

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Subject: Survive prison

Generally older inmates are left alone unless they have a big mouth. If your female friend is on her second bid (for murder?!?), she knows the score better than we could advise. She'll be a real gangster in there

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