Halfway houses operate differently from prisons and jails, and the communication rules vary from one facility to the next. The quickest way to figure out what is allowed is to call the halfway house directly and ask to speak with a counselor. The counselor can walk you through how residents are permitted to receive calls, whether there are designated phone times, and whether your brother needs to add you to an approved contact list before any communication can happen.
Read moreThe Clerk of the Court in the county where the charges were filed
Read morethe only way is to write them a letter... tell them how you feel, remind them of your telephone number and see "if you can help by paying for the phone time".
Read moreYes, they use the InmateAid office address - the mail comes in and is scanned and placed into your My Account Dashboard. This serves to protect the user on several fronts. If you mail into the prison/jail with a return address, and you want your inmate to know your address, it's best to put it in the body of the letter and not the return address. Other inmates use that sort of detail to extort, blackmail or otherwise menace good folks
Read moreIt's impossible if you are close to the ones you love. For me, it felt like I died but I had to watch them go on living without me. It was sad...
Read moreUsually not. it would have to be a very slight violation. Magistrates HATE seeing an offender violate in any way... makes them think the person that got an early release really didn't deserve it.
Read moreYour buddy is probably being optimistic, and that optimism may not be grounded in how judges actually look at this situation. Catching new felony charges while already serving time or on supervised release is about the worst signal you can send to a court. The existing sentence was already a message that the system sent once. New charges, while on paper, tell a judge that the message did not land. Courts do not respond well to that, and the
Read moreHe would have to have a suitable residence and job awaiting him outside of Arkansas if he wants to do his parole time out-of-state.
Read moreWe have been around since 2012, and we serve folks with people in all LA County Jails
Read moreNon-violent offenders are treated for bail similarly to all defendants. The magistrate assesses the crime, the criminal history, the size of the loss, and potential harm to the public if released. If it is determined that all of the criteria is benign and there is no risk that the offender will appear for their court appointment, then there is a chance that they will be ROR's (released on their own recognizance)
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