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Subject: Relationship issues

NO, never. Imagine how that would work out...:/

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

You may add just about any picture you have on your smartphone or computer. The upload function is simple and easy to use as any uploading feature you've used anywhere else. There are a maximum amount of four you can add per postcard. Or, you may select from hundreds of greeting cards and feel-good cards that provide an uplifting message, too. 

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Subject: Commissary

Commissary prices at Reception and Medical Center Lake Butler and Florida state facilities generally run about 15 to 20 percent higher than what you would pay at a standard retail store. That markup exists because the commissary is the only option available and the facility knows it. There is no competition and no alternative, so pricing reflects that reality. The product selection covers food items like ramen, chips, cookies, and canned goods, hygiene products including soap, shampoo, deodorant, and

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Subject: Relationship issues

No one can answer that with certainty, and anyone who tells you otherwise is not being straight with you. What we can do is look at the situation clearly and talk about what actually protects people in your position. A conviction for murder combined with a subsequent protective order violation tells you something important: this is a person who has demonstrated both the capacity for lethal violence and a willingness to disregard legal boundaries meant to keep someone safe.

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Subject: Relationship issues

What exactly are you asking? Will he hurt you emotionally or hurt you physically? If we are talking emotional like,is he going to leave me when he gets out? There is a lot I can share on this subject if you write back. You know this person better than anyone. What signs are even causing you to ask. If we are talking physical, then the advice would be to seek shelter with someone you can trust, try to find

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Subject: Relationship issues

There is no way to find out. The inmate's privacy is maintained in the strictest of confidence. You cannot get a health update, find out who is visiting, who they are calling, writing or getting money from.

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Subject: Visitation

Yes. Every facility has a dress code. InmateAid lists each facility's Visitation Information which includes the Visiting days and hours for your inmate, along with the do's and don't's of that faciliites dress code.

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Subject: Prison discipline

Refusing to take a urine test in an Arizona state prison is treated as disobeying a direct order, which makes it a major violation. The classification is intentional. Without the ability to enforce orders, staff lose control of the facility, so the punishment is designed to be severe enough to discourage anyone else from trying the same thing. The first consequence is placement in Disciplinary Segregation, which goes by several names: the SHU, the Special Housing Unit, solitary confinement,

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

There is no limit. It's a privilege, not a right therefore they could restrict phone calls the entire sentence.

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Subject: Pending criminal charges

You can verify the charges yourself through the Clerk of the County Court in the county where the charges were filed. This is also where the trial would be if they take it to court,

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