Sometimes the inmates are unable to use the phone. It might be a group or individual punishment that is only temporary. If you go too long without hearing from him, you might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.

You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more information.

Unfortunately the federal Bureau of Prisons does not have to tell the outside public anything that they are doing relating to inmate punishment or transfer. If your inmate is in the SHU, he is allowed one 15-minute phone call per week. He is allowed to receive mail and he is allowed to write. If you have spoken to your inmate's counselor or case manager (or unit team secretary) before that might open the lines of communication, but it is not

The penalties for a failed drug test while incarcerated can be some or all of the following: significant time in disciplinary segregation (the SHU, the "hole", etc)loss of visitation, loss of commissary, loss of telephone use, loss of good time credits and possibly transferred to a prison with higher security which makes doing time even harder than it needs to be.

He might have had a stop at the infirmary on his way to the SHU. If he had cash on him he will likely lose some privileges for a while maybe even get shipped to a prison further from home.

Probably, but you need to consider why there was a protective order in the first place. This might be a good time to take inventory of your life and NOT go back to the person you needed protection from. Before you visit, ask the counselor or case manager if there are any lingering restrictions for visitation so that you do not make the trip for nothing.

The classification for inmate custody level is done in Beaumont TX by an arbitrary committee that looks at only hard data. This is not a punitive selection, it is based on several factors that are not made known to the public. If they have him in high security, they must have something more than you have heard. You would not be entitled to reviewing his file, nor could you get any information by calling them and asking. The best your

SHU inmates get one 15-minute call per week

If he has a restitution there will be a percentage deduction from every deposit made in his inmate trust account. It does not matter if the facility is CCA, GEO, state or federal, they all do this.

He could be in segregation for several reasons, but the only one that would delay his release is if they gave his a disciplinary charge and took some "good time" credit away. They can use the term "investigation" and keep an inmate in segregation for as long as they want.