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The InmateAid phone line is matched to the lowest tariff at the facility your inmate is housed. You still fund the account as there is only one carrier. A call from your inmate may now cost $6.00 per 15-minutes, if there is a lower rate, we get you a number that will get it. If there are no savings, we do not issue a number. For the tens of thousands that do use it every month, the IA fee is covered...

(we answered you directly earlier today via email.) this isn't a gimmick, it's just smart. we aren't replacing the phone carrier or suggesting we do. The InmateAid phone line is matched to the lowest tariff where your inmate is incarcerated. You still fund the account as there is only one way to get calls, and it's through a monopoly carrier that set the rates without a competitor. For instance, a call from your inmate may now cost $6.00 per 15-minutes, if there is a...

On bond, the odds are low and that is the standard position rather than an exception. When a judge revokes probation and issues a warrant, they are signaling that they do not trust the person to appear voluntarily. Bond exists to ensure appearance at future hearings, and a revocation warrant is already a finding that the conditions of supervision were not met. Most judges hold probation violators without bond until the revocation hearing precisely because the violation itself demonstrates the...

Indictments have nothing to do with sentencing issues or guidelines. They are a formal naming of a person to a particular crime. It's common for charges to result in an indictment that long after arrest. You're innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, so no, an indictment by itself doesn't mean automatic jail time. To obtain an indictment against a suspected criminal, the prosecutor must present their case to a grand jury. A grand jury is a jury made of a group of 16-40 local citizens...

A pretrial hearing is a meeting that occurs before a trial action begins, attended by the plaintiff, the defendant, the judge, the lawyers, and maybe other involved parties. Pretrial hearings aim to resolve some of the legal issues before the trial begins where the judge is informed of such things as whether the parties are ready for trial, have all of their witnesses lined up, motions that may still be pending and the status of negotiations if any. The judge will usually issue an immediate response to any issues raised during a pretrial conference. The judge...

This is a fixable situation and InmateAid handles it without any hassle. A phone number assigned for one facility will not work correctly for a different jail because the number is calibrated to the specific carrier and rate structure of the facility it was set up for. Your inmate dialing that number from a different jail will not get the intended discount because the number does not correspond to that facility's phone system. The solution is a replacement number set up for...