Once an inmate is released, any funds that are on their books are distributed back to that person. Some facilities give the inmate their funds on a "prepaid" Visa card that is loaded with the amount they are due.

The inmate's visitation list, their phone calls, their commissary money (who supplies it) or incoming mail are all covered under the Privacy Act. This information is not available.

In most cases, inmates may call cellphones. The rules are created for the and by the prison phone companies, they have a government contract making them the only service you may use. As you'd expect, the rates are pretty expensive. InmateAid has a discount telephone service that can save 90% off some inmate calls. Send us the name of the facility and we will give you an honest estimate whether we can help save you money, too.

Not necessarily. The majority of CEC detainees are there for far longer than 45 days.

Funds can be deposited in your inmate's commissary account for the Kenosha County Jail WI 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at www.govpaynow.com. The real issue is the probation violation. We think your unknown court date might have some relation to the VOP. that a probation violation hearing has different standards and process than an underlying criminal charge. Probation cannot be revoked for receiving a new charge, the violation process begins after the new

This depends on the strength of your relationship before he went in. How long will is the sentence? How was he treating you one year before the crime?

This will be tough for both of you. The separation causes many relationships to falter after the first year.

This is a morality question. We know that sort of thing happens from time to time but it is not our role to express what we think is appropriate or not. Anything that could happen at night could happen in the daytime, too.

You would be best served speaking to an attorney that files this sort of thing often. It is hard to fathom a non-inmate harassing an inmate unless they are threatening their family on the outside. If that is the case, get the prison and the law involved.

We do not think that the new state sentencing statutes and/or Sentencing Commission guideline changes pertain to crimes like burglary. It is our understanding that it's aimed at the drug crime sentences and the subsequent mandatory minimum sentences.