What happens in jail with letters and calls and receiving mail?
I need to know how it works? Does the person need to register with the jail who can visit him and who he can call? What about packages does the person need to register who can send mail?
How are county jails? Are they in their cells all day long?
In our county jail in southern California, where I worked for 6 1/2 years, inmates were allowed one visitor on each weekend day during certain hours. The visitor had to show their ID and get signed in before the visit.
Each inmate had a phone in either their cell (if it was a multi-person cell) or in the day-room if they were in one man cells. The phone was a collect call phone only, but they could call anyone who was willing to accept the collect call. The inmates were allowed into the "yard" (outside) for one hour per week unless they were in disciplinary isolation.
The mail going in and out was x-rayed and searched prior to being sent through the post office. Anyone can send them mail.
As far as I know, you dont need to register to visit someone in jail, unless you need a privileged unsupervised meeting (attorney-client). It is only upon the convict’s approval to see or to not see someone. For example,a jailed person will not meet someone whom they dont know, or they are not happy with, I think its possible. As for mail, I think you can just send it to the prison just like that. If the mail is not a privileged material, then the security guard will have to open to inspect it. As for phone-calls, all incoming phone-calls are monitored (again-unless privileged) and phone numbers as far as I know need to be registered. These are just general rules that I am aware of, might be different depending on the country/state/situation.
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Jail is much like a Holiday Inn, you simply cant leave.
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In our county jail in southern California, where I worked for 6 1/2 years, inmates were allowed one visitor on each weekend day during certain hours. The visitor had to show their ID and get signed in before the visit.
Each inmate had a phone in either their cell (if it was a multi-person cell) or in the day-room if they were in one man cells. The phone was a collect call phone only, but they could call anyone who was willing to accept the collect call. The inmates were allowed into the "yard" (outside) for one hour per week unless they were in disciplinary isolation.
The mail going in and out was x-rayed and searched prior to being sent through the post office. Anyone can send them mail.
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15 years CA law enforcement