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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

When probation is revoked, the door to early release closes in a way that most people do not anticipate going in. Here is why. Probation itself was the early release. When a judge sentences someone and then suspends that sentence in favor of probation, they are already granting the most significant form of leniency available, which is keeping the person out of custody entirely while the sentence runs. The probation was the deal. When that deal gets broken

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Subject: Send inmate mail

There is an important distinction in this question worth clarifying before anything goes out. If you are mailing a letter yourself from home, yes, you absolutely need a stamp on the envelope. You pay the postage on your end as the sender. The facility does not accept postage due mail and will not pay for incoming letters. A standard first class stamp handles a regular letter to any US address including FCC Coleman in Florida. What you cannot

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Subject: Send inmate mail

Yes, a stamp is required. Every piece of mail going into a federal prison or any correctional facility must have postage affixed before it is sent. No facility accepts mail with postage due or pays for incoming mail on behalf of the sender. That is not how the postal system works for correctional facilities or for anyone else. A standard first-class stamp covers a regular letter going anywhere in the United States, including FCC Coleman in Sumterville, Florida. If

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Subject: Commissary

The commissary lists vary from facility to facility. If you look at this COMMISSARY LIST from a BOP facility, you can see that the prices are not that out of line from a store you'd shop in on the outside. The average weekly amount should never exceed what you can afford. The inmates can survive without extras from the commissary, however, it is really great if you are able to add money and it will definitely help him be more comfortable. We recommend

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

Anyone can create an inmate page to communicate with them using the InmateAid app platform. There is NO charge or cost of any kind to add an inmate. Most of the inmate page data is added by InmateAid from the various facilities across the country

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Subject: Bail & bond questions

The defendant's attorney may argue for a lower bond. That doesn't mean that the judge will comply but you can always ask.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

Not without permission, and getting that permission should be your first move before any contact happens. Standard conditions of parole and probation in virtually every jurisdiction include a provision restricting contact with other convicted felons or people under criminal justice supervision. The rationale is straightforward. People under supervision are expected to distance themselves from criminal associations as part of their reintegration, and the system treats contact with other supervised felons as a potential risk to that process regardless of

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Six months is a relatively short sentence and how much of it she actually serves depends on a couple of factors specific to county jails in Georgia. The standard expectation going in is that she will serve the full six months. County jails do not have the same good time credit structures that state prisons operate under, and short sentences at the county level are generally served as imposed without the kind of systematic early release mechanisms that exist

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Subject: Visitation

You might have a problem if the warrants come up when your name is searched in the NCIC database. 

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Subject: Release questions

The discrepancy you are seeing is almost certainly a data entry issue rather than anything reflecting his actual legal situation. InmateAid's inmate profiles are populated in part by information submitted by members of the community. When someone adds an inmate to the database, they enter what information they have at the time, and that information is not always accurate or up to date. A well-meaning person may have entered an incorrect release date, a date from a previous sentence,

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