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Subject: Sex offenders

Do not send them. Regardless of whether the charges are fully accurate or the situation is more complicated than the paperwork suggests, sending photos of children to someone housed on a charge involving minors is not going to end well for anyone involved. Here is the practical reality. Mailroom staff at every facility review incoming photos, and an inmate flagged for a child-related offense will have their mail scrutinized more carefully than most. Photos of children sent to that

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Subject: Inmateaid website questions

email us the change at aid@inmateaid.com and we will update it for you

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Subject: Parole, probation & supervised release

The violation pushes his hearing date further intop the future, as a result of the incident report.

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Subject: Prison violence

Yes, you read about it the news probably once a week, however the statistics about murder in prison are actually lower that on the streets

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Subject: Visitation

https://www.inmateaid.com/visitation/joe-corley-detention-facility-geo-ice Joe Corley Detention Facility (ICE) - Visitation Male Visitation Thursday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Friday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Sunday: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Female Visitation Saturday: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Approved Federal Holidays Male Visitation: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Female Visitation: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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Subject: Sentencing questions

Depends on the charges and criminal history. The Pre-Sentence Investigation yields a commitment recommendation called Pre-Sentence Report which details the case, and the offender's prior bad conduct (not just criminal, but civil misdeeds count against you, too). Ninety days is a cake walk, I remember when i had 90 days left on a 96 month sentence.

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Subject: Relationship issues

Not all of them, but enough that the question is one of the most common ones that lands in this archive. There are men inside who genuinely value their relationship and are faithful through their entire sentence. That is real and it happens. But incarceration creates conditions that test people in ways that are hard to predict, and not everyone passes that test. The honest answer is that you already know which category your man falls into better than

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Subject: Money transfer

No, the money does not follow them automatically and it will not be waiting in an account at the new facility. Here is what actually happens. Before transport, or shortly after arrival at the new facility, the inmate will be asked to provide a mailing address where the remaining balance from their old account can be sent. That money gets issued as a check mailed to whoever they designate, typically a family member on the outside. It does not

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Subject: Inmate phone calls

The number is there, it just may not be where you looked first. Here are the two places to check. The first is your MyAccount area on the InmateAid website. Log in and navigate to your account dashboard. The phone number assigned to your account is listed there and is accessible any time you need to reference it. The second place is your email inbox. An automated email with your number was sent at the time of signup.

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Subject: Prison food

They are not being starved, but hungry is a real and fair description of how most inmates feel, and there is a specific reason for that. Jail and prison meals are required to meet a minimum nutritional standard of roughly 2,000 calories per day. That requirement is taken seriously because facilities face legal exposure if they fall below it. The food is not good; it is not meant to be, but it checks the nutritional box on paper.

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