Survive Prison Questions — Ask The Inmate

Yes, you can send money, letters, books and magazines. Private prisons are owned by a corporation and work under a contract with the agency that supplies them with inmates. They are paid by-the-inmate, for each day of incarceration. It is a controversial but effective means of incarceration. The bigger problem is that these companies spend millions lobbying Congress promoting incarceration rather than rehabilitation. It's a onflict of interest for those seeking to reduce sentences and find a better way, especially...

County jail is probably the most boring of the venues to do one's time. The days begins with a wake up, lights one routine. Inmates will then be brought breakfast. After breakfast there is a clean-up period where the inmates will make their bed and mop their cells. There are a couple of inmates that clean the general area. After the morning chores are completed, there is a period of time where inmates are all in one area of the...

If you have not been sentenced yet, you need to discuss guidelines and points with your attorney. There is a basic graph to the lines a judge follows unless you have some aggravation points. Jared from Subway was famous and that fame cost him at least 5 extra years. Federal time is easier to do than state time - our guess is it might be ten years. Most inmates do not talk about their charges, it's almost forbidden. But, there are...

Prison life is defined by the type of prison you do your time in. Maximum security prisons have the offenders with the longest sentences for the worst crimes. Those inmates have little to lose when it comes to imposing their will on other inmates in there. It can be brutal at times and there are some really violent episodes that occur. Generally, as the custody level lowers, so does the level of brutality but this is certainly not without exceptions....

There are many things that might have caused the delay. If he has no minutes left on the card, if there was some sort of group punishment where the phone use was restricted, or he could have lost his phone privileges. Being in jail is not like he's staying at a hotel. He is told when to go to sleep, when to wake up, when to eat, when to go to rec, when to shower and on and on. You...

Our advice is to call the facility and try to speak to the counselor first and see where that gets you. If you feel stonewalled, call the chaplain. If that gets you nowhere, you have to go to the head of the jail, whether that is the warden or a captain and express your concerns in the most humble and respectful manner. If you are convinced after trying a few people that they are not helping you get the information...

It is not going to be easy but it definitely can be done. If this is a jail with heavy gang activity like Cook County, Illinois or Los Angeles County, California there might be the need to align with people of your own race. This is more important if you have a long sentence. If 
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Inmates are basically the property of the jurisdiction they are held by and there is very little people on the outside can do to effectuate change on the inside. We have of course heard of stories similar to what you are referring to. But, we would caution you to not take everything your inmate says as 100% accurate. Inmates are notorious for currying favor from their loved ones with stories of abuse - amplifying your imagery of jail life. This causes...

This is not a normal procedure but for some inmates that have to endure it, it is called "diesel therapy". Diesel therapy is a form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and then transported for days or weeks bouncing from county jail to county jail. This is how law-enforcement personnel gets rid of troublesome individuals by placing them on a bus to many another jurisdictions. It has been described as "the cruelest aspect of being a federal inmate." It has...

The higher the number, the higher the security level of the prison. G5 is maximum security. Inmates are designated by the department of corrections after they are sentenced. After an inmate has begun his sentence, there are intervals of behavioral and advancement analysis done. This is used to determine if the inmate is showing signs of accepting incarceration and working on improving themselves. This improvement is rewarded by lowering their security level status and making them eligible for downward transfer,...

This is a serious situation and you need to act on multiple fronts simultaneously. Do not wait to see if it resolves on its own. Document everything right now. Write down everything your son told you, the dates, what happened, who was involved if names are known, what injuries occurred, and when. Every conversation you have from this point forward should be documented with dates and the names of people you spoke with. This record becomes the foundation for any complaint,...

The rumor about an extended lockdown is plausible. When a serious incident occurs at a USP, particularly one involving injury to staff, lockdowns can run for weeks or even several months while the institution conducts investigations, identifies participants, and restores order. A broken wrist on a corrections officer is exactly the kind of event that triggers a long one. So while no one can confirm the February timeline from the outside, it would not be surprising if it held. Here is...