The range here is genuinely wide, and the judge's disposition toward the case matters more than any formula. A dirty urine on felony probation is a technical violation rather than a new criminal charge, and that distinction works in his favor going into the hearing. He did not commit a new crime. He failed a drug test, which is a violation of a supervision condition but a very different situation than catching a new case while on probation. Most
Read moreThey are two separate lists with two different approval processes, and understanding the difference is useful when you are trying to get on both. The phone list is managed by the inmate and processed through the facility's phone carrier, whether that is Securus, GTL, IC Solutions, or whoever holds the contract at that facility. The inmate submits numbers they want to be able to call, the carrier runs a basic verification, and approved numbers become active for outgoing calls.
Read moreGlobalTel*Link, now operating as ConnectNetwork, is the platform you need to set up on your end to receive calls from a facility that uses GTL as their carrier. Here is how the process works. Go to connectnetwork.com and create an account. During setup you will register the phone number where you want to receive calls and add funds to what is called an AdvancePay account. That prepaid balance is what gets drawn down as calls come through. You need
Read moreThe inmate can reply at no cost to them except for the cost of the stamp
Read moreIf you are referring to YOU having sex with an inmate, that is not going to happen as there are no prisons that have conjugal visits any longer. BUT, it can happen - I was in a federal camp and there were two or three guys that had some arrangement with the guards that gave them a broom closet to have sex in the middle of visitation. If I didn't see it myself I would have doubted the story. I also
Read moreIt probably takes a week or so for them to get settled and assigned to a work detail.
Read moreNo bond. That is the standard position on probation violation warrants, and Tarrant County is no exception. When a judge issues a probation violation warrant, they are responding to a situation where someone was already given an alternative to incarceration and did not comply with the conditions of that agreement. The court's position is that bond was effectively already extended in the form of probation, and a violation of that arrangement removes the presumption that the person will appear
Read moreThe pod is a sub-section within the detention center. It is usually a large triangular room with cells lining one of the walls stacked two high. There is an open unit with a TV, several tables that are made for jails with four seats attached. The entire table is attached to the floor. The showers are in the open, in view of the guards who are stationed in a protected booth that looks down on the entire pod
Read moreYes, Telmate, which operates through GettingOut.com, is the phone carrier at Winston County Jail in Alabama. Every call your boyfriend makes from that facility runs through their system. If you are paying more than $3.00 for a 15-minute call right now, InmateAid can get that rate down to $3.00 or less. The savings come from the same place they always do with jail phone carriers. Telmate charges different rates depending on the number being dialed, and InmateAid identifies the
Read moreThat is the essence of what InmateAid is all about. The site has everything that you can do for your inmate. We've made it a one-stop-shop for all that you can do. Look for new pricing on phones, magazines, greeting cards, high-quality photos, books, comic books, puzzles, Reader's Digest, etc. You can send your thoughts and feelings to your inmate right from your phone.
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