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Subject: Sentencing questions

This depends on the previous criminal history of the offender. If this is not their first time, they will be looking at 2-5 in state prison.

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

Most likely yes, and here is why. A violation sentence is fundamentally different from a standard sentence in how the system views it. When someone is released on parole or probation, the court is extending a form of trust, an acknowledgment that the person can reintegrate before their full sentence is complete. That early release is a gift, even if it does not always feel that way. When that trust gets violated and the person ends up back in

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Subject: Survive prison

Lucile Plane State Jail is a jail for women located four miles north of Dayton TX on FM 686 off Hwy 321. Plane State was the first jail in the state designated to house only women with a capacity is 2,276 female inmates. The facility is run by Sr. Warden Maricia Jackson overseeing 418 employees. The jail is located on shared land with Hightower Prison Unit and Henley State Jail.   In 2015, Lucile Plane State Jail was involved in a highly publisized legal

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Subject: Survive prison

Technically "no", but it is obvious that many, many inmates in fact do. Here are some of the ways that it might happen... 1) inmate sets up a FB account before they go in, they have a significant other manage the changes, 2) inmate PAYS someone to do the updates. there are actual businesses that will do an inmate's FB page for a fee., 3) inmate gets a smuggled smartphone and is doing the page themselves. This way is obviously

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Subject: Relationship issues

Not going to happen. There are only 3-4 state prisons that even offer conjugal visits anymore.

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Subject: General prison questions-terminology

No. Inmates in adult detention facilities do not have access to social media. Internet access is heavily restricted or entirely prohibited in correctional settings. Any social media activity appearing to come from an inmate is being managed by someone on the outside on their behalf.

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Subject: Pregnant inmates

Reentry programs like Jump Start exist because the transition from incarceration back into everyday life is one of the most disorienting and high-risk periods in the entire cycle. Employment, housing, relationships, finances, and social dynamics all have to be rebuilt simultaneously, often without much of a safety net. Programs designed to support that transition, whether they operate as halfway houses, day reporting centers, or structured transitional living environments, fill a gap that the correctional system itself does not address.

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Subject: Clemency - pardons

Clemency is legally available to any convicted federal offender, regardless of the offense. The right to petition for clemency is not forfeited by the nature of the conviction. What changes dramatically is the likelihood of it being granted. For federal cases, clemency applications go through the Office of the Pardon Attorney, a division of the Department of Justice that reviews all petitions and makes recommendations to the President. The President of the United States is the only person who

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

The people answering on here are not in prison now. We used to be incarcerated, we work for InmateAid who employs us to answer these questions the best way we know how, unedited, from our experiences and some from what you see others go through. We get thousands and thousands of requests... there are a great majority that are the same. We can't answer them all, so if yours is the same question that is already posted already on the site,

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Yes, most sentences are only served to the 85% mark. Good time credit is 15% and given to every inmate as they enter prison, an inmate can only lose goodtime. On a 10-year state sentence or 120 month federal sentence, the sentence served would be 102 months. This providing that the inmate remain in good standing, not full of incident reports, disciplinary transfers, etc.

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