Almost certainly not, and the circumstances make it even less likely than a standard transfer request would be. When a probation violation sentence is imposed, it is handed down by a specific judge in a specific jurisdiction, and that jurisdiction retains authority over the offender for the duration of the sentence. Louisiana sentenced them, Louisiana supervises the violation time, and Louisiana is where that time gets served. State systems are entirely separate from each other with different regulations, different facilities, and...

Avenal State Prison (ASP) is the largest male-only prison in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) state prison system. The structures on ASP's 640 acres include 17 open dorm buildings, six 200-bed open dorm E-bed buildings, six converted gymnasiums, a 100-cell administrative segregation unit, and a 10-bed firehouse. It is a low-medium security or Level 2 prison with open dormitories with secure perimeter fences and armed coverage.  Inmate programs include Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics anonymous, SAP, auto body, metal fabrication, plumbing and electrical, PIA furniture, warehouse and...

There is no way to know without asking, and the only way to ask is to reach out. Five years is a long time in either direction. It is long enough for real hurt to have settled in, and it is also long enough for perspective to develop in ways that are hard to predict from the outside. People in long sentences do a lot of thinking, and that thinking does not always land where you might expect. Some people hold...

Generally yes, particularly if there is a supervised release component to the sentence. When parole or probation is part of the release, the supervising jurisdiction is almost always the county where the conviction occurred. That is where the case originated, where the judge issued the sentence, and where the probation or parole office has jurisdiction over the case. Your inmate will typically be required to report to that county's supervision office and establish themselves there as the starting point of their...

When your letter arrives at the facility it goes through the standard mailroom inspection and gets distributed to your inmate at mail call, the same as any other piece of physical mail. The envelope has InmateAid's return address on it, which is the address your inmate uses to write back. To respond, your inmate simply writes a letter by hand, addresses it to the InmateAid return address printed on the envelope you sent, adds a stamp, and drops it in the...