Not all county jails offer people the ability to send in commissary packages. There are five or six companies that provide the service but they have to hav ea preset arrangement with the institution to do so. Our advise is to call the jail itself and ask a staff membe because they are not listing anything on their website - 972-204-7001

Inmates that have money on their inmate trust accounts can purchase stamps and envelopes at the weekly commissary. If they do not have money on their books, the prison will provide indigent inmates with all the materials necessary to send out mail to their loved ones. If your inmate writes to you directly, using your address, the cost of the mailing is a 49 cent stamp. Many of our members use the Inmate Response Mail service through InmateAid. Your

Appealing one's sentence before the Appeals Court is a long shot in most cases. We recommend finding an expert lawyer that not only handles only appeals but one that specializes in the exact type of conviction your inmate was handed down. Appellate Court is no place for an inmate, nor will they be allowed to attend. This is for the prosecutor from the original case and your lawyer who will argue the points in the filing that got the hearing

The federal judge in this case has a guideline that they must go by. The factors are criminal history, level of violence, money involved and the basic points of the crime. Once they have a range, it is entirely up to the judge. The prosecutor will make their recommendation, if your daughter is pleading to a charge that was negotiated, then she will know what they are suggesting. They have already told her that they can only recommend the sentence,

Inmates that are in disciplinary hold, also called the Special Housing Unit (SHU), or the hole, or the "box" are given three square meals. In fact, they are given hefty portions to keep them calm. Food is the least of their worries while isolated there. Inmates in this situation are usually restricted from buying too many items from the commissary making it near impossible to feed themselves.

Inmates relegated to the SHU are sent there to segregate them from the general population for investigation of an incident or for punishment of a new charge. There is no set time that anyone on the outside could ever find out. This is all handled internally by the upper level management from the warden, to the associate warden to their captain and lieutenants. There is NOTHING anyone on the outside can do during this process, there are no legal representations

Not all of the charges and bond information are posted online. You can always find this information at the Clerk of the Court where the charges were levied. This is where the lawyers get their information.

The Oak Street facility is a COUNTY JAIL also used by ICE for immigration detainees. The Melaleuca Drive Facility is a STATE PRISON. You have to know which type of offender your inmate is.

For federal sentences, the date posted on the federal website bop.gov is the release date of record. This date includes the 15% good time credit that is factored in on the day you arrive. The only change to this date happens if you do something unwise (incident reports requiring punishment) where they take days or weeks away from this privilege, OR you have completed the RDAP program, which will affect the out date by up to 12 months OFF the

There are two companies that you can order online commissary packages through for inmates in the Florida Department of Corrections: www.FLinmatepackage.com or www.FLpackages.com