I'm wondering what it is that determines which prison an inmate is assigned to.\nIs it simply based on georgaphy? For example, will any given prison serve the region surrounding it? \nOr are there other factors involved in assigning inmates to prisons?\nSuch as the type of crime? For example, do certain prisons focus on certain types of criminals?\n(This question applies mainly to state prisons, not federal prisons, because I know with federal prisons there just aren't as many of them so the geographic proximity question is mute)
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It basically boils down to which level of corrections the inmate in question is housed: in a local (county jail), state or Federal level. Federal inmates can be assigned ANYWHERE in the USA at any given time, and the nature of their crime is put into consideration during placement.\n\nOn the state level, generally, the inmate can cite dire reasons for being placed in a facility near his loved ones and his request is given consideration upon confirmation.\n\nBut if the state level inmate's crime is of a serious capital/violent one, he is highly likely to be placed in a max security prison--which may be distant to where his loved ones reside.
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Everything said before is right.  But consider\n(1) Are these people in county jail (typically for sentences for less than a year), in state prison (typically for sentences in state court for more than a year) or federal prison (typically for sentences in FEDERAL court for offenses).\n(2) If you do not know, start with the federal locator that someone has linked to above( because it's nationwide) and if you have no luck, then try your state system.
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California does not designate it's crimes in degrees as so many other states do, so I don't know that I can offer a definitive answer for you.\n\nOn the other hand, states that do designate crimes in varying degrees, do so to establish the severity of the crime and/or punishment.  A 1st degree offense is more serious (more violence, more victims, etc) than a 2nd degree offense, and so on.
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Parole, early release, intensive supervision and other programs that provide for an inmate to be released prior to the completion of his sentence exist in large part because they give the inmate incentives to rehabilitate himself.  A prisoner is less likely to assault another inmate or an officer if he knows that that act will cause his release date to be moved back significantly, for example.  Similarly, an inmate in the free world has a powerful incentive to abide by his conditions of release (which go far beyond simply not committing a crime) if he knows that the result of violating them is a return to prison.\n\nAnother reason for programs like this is that they are significantly cheaper than housing a felon in an institution.  Housing an inmate in an institution is roughly comparable to renting a hotel room in terms of costs for most places in the US. Felons on early release programs generally cost a state between a fourth and an eighth of that cost.\n\nOf course not all inmates are eligible for early release programs.  In many states, the sentencing time is mandatory for certain crimes or for criminals who have already been convicted on other charges.
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I'm an ex-guard at a Georgia facility. His TPD (tentative parole date) is based on what he does while incarcerated. As long as he hasn't had any write-ups that resulted in extending his parole hearing, it will occur as scheduled. However, whether they parole him out is almost entirely dependant on whether he showed signs of improvement in there. Not pissing off the warden is a good start. Taking classes and going to counciling while you are there also improves your chances of being released. His release is controlled by politics... those of the prison he's in, those of the warden in his prison, and those of the state of Texas. In essence, he better have made alot more friends than enemies while he's been locked up. Best wishes.
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Wow...What prison have you been visiting? I'd like to arrange for a cherished friend to be transferred there! The medical/dental care I'm always hearing about would be nice!He had a small cavity in one tooth and the answer was to pull the tooth, he needs to see a doctor to renew a prescription for a chronic condition (no, it's not a drug with any recreational potential, it's Prilosec) but can't see the doc because he is not bleeding, and when he does get that script renewed, he'll be paying for it or rather either his mom or I will be doing so. The situation has gotten so bad with prison health care that a federal judge recently ordered the whole department into recievership.\nHe shares a 6 x 12 cell with one other man, and counts himself lucky that there are not 3 in that cell due to the amazingly overcrowded state of the facility, he gets to leave that cell about 4 hours a day, including shower, chow, dayroom and yard time... and THAT is when the facility is not on lockdown due to drastic understaffing, courtesy of a hiring freeze imposed by the Governor...on lockdown, it really is in the cell, 24/7, food passed through the door, etc the only thing that keeps going is the mail (and by the way, I send him paper,envelopes and postage, unless it is a letter to one's attorney of record AND there is no money on one's books, the prison does not pay for letters)....the educational programs, IF an inmate qualifies AND if there is a slot available in the class.....and surely you see the need to try to educate these people to improve the chances of their becoming productive citizens upon release?\nThe showers are hot and reasonably clean, but inmates buy their own soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.\nThe food is a joke, and is barely legal in quantity and quality... most inmates get VERY creative with the top ramen that is available at the commisary...\nI do not think prisons should be "luxurious" but I'd like to know where you get your information.\n\nBy the way, my friend is what they call a model inmate, he has had no disiplinary problems inside.\nI could go on and on, but I really want to know what prison you're basing your statements on, because it sure as hell is not in California!
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Wait.  You're convicted of a misdemeanor in California, let's say.\n\nThen you go to Nevada, and you get stopped.\n\nWhy would California extradite you, since you're already convicted?  You realize that "convicted" means you're already found guilty, right?\n\nI'm guessing your question doesn't really ask what you want to know.  Wanna' take another stab at it?
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NO, it does not. It's absurdly expensive as the sentences are so long. There's barely any rehabilitation going on, and for the most part too many ppl are admitted for very long sentences who have not done serious crimes. Once you go through hell that most jails are you won't come out the same! And usually you won't come out a better person either! On top of that recidivism rates are extremely high when compared to other countries, i.e. in Europe. Some state prisons have recidivism rates as high as 20-30%. So no, too many do not become productive members of society again. I think there's a problem how the system works in itself, it might be successful at punishing, but not rehabilitation, in either case it should focus in prevention, and not be just a reactionary system. Some states, I think Florida and California will be soon among them if not yet, are spending more, or at least the same for education as prison systems. Now, doesn't anyone think there's something wrong with that? Right now US is jailing more than 2 million individuals... That's equivalent to a small country! There's clearly problems with the system, as well as the the way that society sees it and how they regard crime itself. Putting someone in jail as long as possible is not going to change anything! It's what he does in that jail that matters, not how long he stays there. So, if you think it's a good idea to fill the jails up with criminals, - fill them up, then build more max security prisons at 10 grand a cell, and fill those up as well, just don't come to me when it's time to pay taxes. And pray that once those criminals get out they don't come to you for anything, cause they'll be pissed. It's something to think about when you see the next politician boasting how he'll be tough on crime just cause it's an easy way to get votes, and felons can't vote, so he got nothing to loose, it's the society that does.
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The government makes contingency plans for lots of stuff. Almost and federal facility could be used to detain people. Here is a link you should get a chuckle from. Talk about paranoid.
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The description of life in prison will vary DRASTICALLY by the security level of the institution, the location (state vs federal, and which state) and how the inmate behaves. While no prison is a "country club" as some would have you believe, life in a minimum security federal prison (like where Martha Stewart was) is vastly different from a federal maximum security penitentiary or even a state max. security facility. Then, if the book you are reading is about a teenager (ie. juvenile) the experience will likely be different again, since juveniles are typically not sent to an adult facility. Usually they are sent to some sort of training school or detention facility and their lives there are very different from that of incarcerated adults. Check with your state department of correction or juvenile justice entity for some info on your state specifically.
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everyone interested in this subject should check out these sites:\n\nhttp://www.letsroll911.org/\nhttp://www.prisonplanet.com/\nhttp://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Preloader\n\nhave fun and remember, an unexamined crime is a crime worth commiting.
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yeah, my dad is an electrician who worked there. he said the only ppl he saw there were shackled and accompanied by guards. i dont know what constitutes a "prison" technically, but i'm pretty damn sure that if you're there, you're not having a good time. for a LONG time.
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http://www.state.mi.us/mdoc/asp/otis2.html This page should get you where you need to go. I am on there also. Not all people that go to prison are horrible thug criminals. I was inmate 278390 Last name Summers my pretty pic is up there also, sadly. Anyways hope I could help.
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What state are u lookin for? And are u talkin about like people serving time?\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Department+of+corrections&btnG=Search
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I am not totally not sure in Texas but, the way it goes here in Illinois If you have all of that information you could go right on the Internet and type up something like:\nFort Worth Texas Prison System- Once you get there If there is no instruction or anything put in the info you have on that person and see what comes up..\nI know that my daughter did the same thing and found her father in the system, it gave her his full name: prison number: what prison he was in: What charges he has: What date he was convicted: How long he has done: When his parole date comes out: and even what day his time is up: She also says that they tell you what kind of dental work he has received.\nThey gave her a lot of info and I will not say that she had to pay for the information because she was like 14-15 yrs-old when she did it and she didn't use my credit card or anything, so I am sure with the right information about the person you are looking for, you to should be able to find the person you are searching for.\nGood Luck in your search, I also hope that this helps you some what....\nI would just like to add one more thing, there are a lot of bad people in this world So I would advise you to remove that SS# from this question very quickly, before someone thinks to do something very bad with it.
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call the prison...give them his full name...they should be able to give you all the information you need depending on rules and regs, some won't give info to anyone who is not either a family member or the spouse of an inmate...you can get his doc # off your states doc website and you can get the prisons address there also, then all you have to do it write to him care of the prisions name with his doc # at the top of the address...
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I have some stuff to say on this: In a closed system some kinds of macro level insanity!  I was in mexican prison for a tad over two years for the offense of 'narcotraficante."  I studied the psychological components of the prisoner population.  A mini society of about 1500 males and 150 females.  Tensions of their particular blends of indidual frustration and impulsive too-long repressed anger fed into some people dying on several ocassions and this was studied from simple gangs killing one of each other's side over some trivial matter.  And another killing for one prisoner having been acused of a misdeed.  Ever more prisoners arriving and the crowding numbers reach for 1800 and on a calm warm day a clinic' drugged prisoner is shot dead between the fifteen-feet high brick wall and its paraelle twelve-foot chain-link fence.  Prisoners began to amass proximal the murder scene and within about twenty to thirty minutes the frustration and anger built to a crensendo.  A gun-tower guard had to be killed for sake of ballance and one was killed, in a most agonizing manner plus other injuries.  There's more on the gore but I'll spare you that data.  Americans know that they suffer immense frustrations with seemingly all implosive data pointing to how fu(ked we are and how we have apathy sublime.  The pot is a ways past warming and we have seen little pockets of social disorder in here and there in various city' riots.  We know that our society is gonna have to cycle a biggy one more time and when it does visit us it will but take the needed spark.  I'm sad we have let our society slip so far into our dung.  Our social-metality is producing few persons of reason.  History is ladden with examoles of these phenomena operant on macro levels.\nTreating the causes and less the symptoms could conceiveably place us into The Age of Reason and oh how a day we'd have.\nIt is taught that if you cannot learn from history then you are bound to repeat it.  After the adrenalin rushes are over, oh so spent and comfy.  The people having had enough blood letting we'd rather the dung would settle but it's all yet there.  It was diagnosed and treated and the causes but build back and entropy is operant once again.  What's the next ditty?