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Subject: Bail & bond questions

The only person that can change the bond order is the magistrate judge who imposed it. If they have ordered "no bond", then they are being held until trial. If you are referring to a "no cost bond", that is where the defendant can be released as personal recognizance/PR bonds or in some jurisdictions own recognizance/OR bonds. They function just as regular bonds do, with the defendant promising to attend all future court dates in exchange for release. The difference is that

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Subject: Send inmate mail

The corrections officer calls their name at mail call

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Subject: Release questions

This is not totally up to the judge. The prosecutor will have to sign off and then recommend that the charges be dropped which would effectively release your inmate. This is not going to be a fast process so be patient

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Subject: Send inmate mail

No special device required. All of the pictures are printed on high-quality picture paper, printed to the edge and with brilliant color and mailed into the facility. The incoming mail is inspected by the staff before it's handed out to the inmates.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

This depends on the PO's recommendation to the court and how and the violation was written up. The problem is that the original judge will decide and they are normally not happy to see the defendant back in front of them, violating the leniency previously provided. It could be a few months or the balance of the original sentence.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

Booking is not a quick process and the jail runs it at whatever pace the staff and the system allow. After an arrest, the person is transported to the facility, and then the processing begins: identity verification, fingerprinting, photographing, entering charges into the system, searching for outstanding warrants in other jurisdictions, health screening, property inventory, and classification. Each step takes time and they happen in sequence. Busy days, shift changes, high intake volume, or situations where multiple warrants need

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Subject: Visitation

We are not 100% on the additional rules for handling overcrowding at Three Lakes Conservative Camp's visitation. We encourage you to call the facility to be sure - 702-879-5475

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Subject: Relationship issues

You're asking a former inmate how to stop another inmate from contacting your girlfriend?? First, we don't snitch and second, you don't sound strong enough to keep her. The inmate already won.

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Subject: Visitation

Yes, both you and your one-year-old can visit. Being married is not a requirement for visitation at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles. For you, the process involves submitting a visitation application to the facility and completing a background check. MDC Los Angeles is a federal facility operated by the Bureau of Prisons, and the BOP requires all prospective visitors to be approved before visiting. Once approved your name goes on the inmate's approved visitor list and you

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Subject: Relationship issues

You can't get that information from the prison. The inmates have a right to privacy and their visitation list, phone list, commissary contributors are kept confidential. If you know she has in the past, your suspicions are probably correct.

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