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If you are currently on probation and wish to visit or receive phone calls from an inmate housed in the ADC Grimes Unit, you’ll need to obtain specific documentation and permissions from your probation officer to include with your application. Here’s what you generally need and the steps to follow: 1. Obtain Written Permission from Your Probation Officer: Approval Letter: You will need an official letter from your probation officer granting you permission to have contact with the inmate. This letter should...

A standard traffic ticket and an unpaid fine on their own will not prevent you from being approved for visitation at a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation facility. Those are minor infractions that do not show up as disqualifying factors in a background check for visitation purposes. The only scenario where this becomes a problem is if an unpaid fine led to a missed court date and a bench warrant was issued. That is the question worth sitting with honestly...

This is a situation that requires careful consideration before taking any action and we want to give you a genuinely useful answer rather than simply telling you to consult an attorney and leaving you with nothing. The legal picture If the protection order has been formally lifted or expired you are generally not legally prohibited from contact. However domestic violence cases often involve conditions attached to the defendant's bond, plea agreement, or pretrial release that may restrict contact with the victim regardless...