Archive for August, 2009

In US jails, can people watch executions for those on death row? What is the process like?

So the families or the victim and the "killers" family go watch? They usualy have a couple witnesses to it as well as direct family members of the victim if they request to be there,

What will you do,if cops wants to take you to jail because of drunkenness?

In some countries there is different law about drunkenness.In Turkey if you don’t do anything wrong after you drink; police can’t take you to jail,but sometimes religious cops will take you to jail.One night it happened to me and I resisted them and they attacked me with their billies. I’d be grateful that I’ll be [...]

how do i find free local inmate search?

Depends… where is the inmate? County jail, state prison? What state? Try doing a Yahoo or Google search for "[your state] inmate information" and see what happens. Many county jails or sheriff’s depts have inmate information available online, just gotta search.

Please help.Does anyone know if you go to a correctional facility do u still recieve methadone treatment?

My best friend might be going away to a correctional facility and is on methadone treatment and has came a very long way in her recovery. I heard it’s the law but they don’t do it anyway. I am scared my bff will have severe withdrawls and maybe go back to using. I will state [...]

Why do they call it Dept. of Corrections?

I wonder why they call a county jail, or a state prison "Dept. of Corrections ? They used to be called so and so county jail, or so and so state prison, or bureau of prisons or penitentiary. But now everything is corrections this, or corrections that. A county jail corrects nothing, it’s usually just [...]

what is the website forillinois department of corrections?

It is something were you look up the people who are in jail and see their date of birth tatoos and what they did to be in there and when do they get out and it also show a picture of them. http://www.idoc.state.il.us/subsections/search/default.asp

What was the name of the soldier who blew the whistle regarding Abu Ghraib?

That beautiful man would be Sgt. Samuel Provance May 21 — A witness who told ABCNEWS he believed the military was covering up the extent of abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison was today stripped of his security clearance and told he may face prosecution because his comments were "not in the national interest." Sgt. [...]

Opinion: Can juvenile incarceration and juvenile crime be reduced simultaneously?

I’m doing my own research…I’m shifting gears in my career and seriously considering returning to the Juvenile Justice System…just wondering what others would have to say about this question. All opinions are welcome. This age old question applies to all delinquents–young or old. Does incarceration reduce crime? However, to answer your question, perhaps you should [...]

I want to know if a released inmate from mississippi can get money from somewhere?

I heard the upon release an inmate can be immedialtly entitled to money to help with clothes and money for a car to get back and forth to work. Then they said that the social security office will give checks because inmates are considered disabled for the time being. And also they had a paper [...]

Why are we moving inmates from GBay to Bermuda?

I don’t understand what this does. Were closing a controversial prison and moving the remaining inmates that we haven’t already released back to their terrorists organizations, to another soon to be controversial prison. Why do we need to move them? and why does it have to be outside the US? We can’t have the prison [...]