It depends on the inmate's location and if they actually allow care packages. Not all facilities have a relationship where care packages are allowed to be sent in to inmates. You might try calling the facility and ask to speak with the case manager, counselor or unit team secretary to get more in...

The CDCR has up to three weeks to hand out mail - by state law. It is by far the worst state for delays but they are backed up by a legislative statute that gives each mail room supervisor the right to delay mail delivery - by three weeks. 

The phone service at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is set up through bid process covering all of the Oregon DOC facilities. Telmate has the contract for all inmate outbound calling and to tape record the calls. Therefore, you have to use them to receive calls - they are the only provider...

No, marriage after incarceration is not a determinate in considering whether an inmate is fit for parole. A parole hearing is an opportunity for the offender to present his or her side of the story, and express their own thoughts as to why they feel they should be paroled. Many subject...

Unless he can get released on his own recognizance, he will stay there until the bond is placed to assure the court of his appearance.

This sounds more like a halfway house arrangement. However, if he is still in the prison, then he has a very trustworthy position, one that should make you feel good about the progress and programming that he has done. There are VERY few instances of "unsupervised work release". We see ...

The Miranda Statute is a very serious element to the arrest and arraignment of an offender. Depending on their circumstances, law enforcement is pretty thorough about reading an arrestee their rights. If they are taken into custody without being Mirandized, there is a motion your attorney can fil...

FCI Edgefield is a new prison that also has a satellitecamp. Your boyfriend's sentence might place him in the camp which would make his time a lot less stressful. Good time is automatically given to the inmate, only bad behavior and rule breaking can take it away. A twenty-one month sentence woul...

There are no pending state bills that we know of that will increase good time. Most state prison systems already give 15% good time that is automatically applied - unless there are incident reports that cause the inmate to lose it.

It is submitted with plenty of leeway - there is no standard time frame for them to respond. In almost all cases, the recommendation submitted is what gets approved. Please be patient.