The inmate's case manager and counselor recommend the amount of halfway house time. Usually, the longer the sentence, the longer the halfway house giving the released have ample time to re-enter the workplace and society in general. The qualifications are that the inmate is within 12 months of release. Normally six months is the longest time period for halfway house residency. Once there, the inmate is almost home. Continue following rules, get a job and start paying one-third of your
Read moreFederal inmates are allowed 300 minutes per month (400 mins Nov & Dec) - outbound calling only. They are 15-minutes each and are paid for from their Trulincs account (which can be funded by outside people or through the job they have inside). The calls are either SIX cents per minute (local) or TWENTY-ONE cents per minute (long-distance). InmateAid can get you a local line for almost all federal facilities for only $5.00. You save $45 per month!!
Read moreProbation violations do not work like a new arrest, and that distinction matters for understanding what comes next. There is no bail hearing, no bond to post, and no way to get out while waiting. He will stay in county custody until he appears before the magistrate or judge who originally sentenced him. That is the person who has authority over what happens next, and that appearance is the only path forward. What happens at that hearing depends on
Read moreYou will need to locate the email address or phone number for the Parole Board (different in every state) and file a petition in opposition to the inmate's pending hearing for early release. The Board takes these petitions seriously
Read moreIf you ask an inmate (as you are now), the more the merrier :)... but you as a person on the outside trying to take care of your own expenses you should budget what you can afford to send. If money is no object, you might consider $75/wk for commissary and phone. In the federal system, they can only spend $69/month on phone and $315 on commissary + whatever money the emails are. It can become quite expensive so be careful
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Read moreThe Florida Department of Corrections makes inmate information available to the public through their official offender search tool. You can look up your friend's record, current facility, and projected release date directly on their website. Use this link to search: http://www.dc.state.fl.us/OffenderSearch/Search.aspx You can search by name or DC number, which is the inmate's Florida DOC identification number. The results will show you their current custody status, the facility where they are housed, their offense information, and their tentative
Read moreAn RVR, or Rules Violation Report, is an internal disciplinary document generated when an inmate is found to have violated facility rules. It becomes part of the inmate's institutional record and is treated as protected information under federal and state privacy statutes. As a family member or partner on the outside, you have no legal right to access that record without the inmate's consent. The facility will not disclose disciplinary information to outside parties, and there is no public
Read moreMost questions are answered within a few hours. When your question has been responded to, you will receive a notification by email and the answer will also appear in your InmateAid account dashboard. Both places, so you will not miss it. If your question did not get answered, there are a couple of reasons that happens. The most common one is that a very similar question has already been addressed somewhere in the archive. With over 5,000 questions and
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