Category: Family
Will I Get Furlough If My Loved One Dies While I’m Incarcerated?
Furlough is when an incarcerated person is allowed to leave prison and return during their sentence. Prisons grant furlough for specific reasons, such as going to court or seeing a doctor. But you can also get furloughed for personal reasons.
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Can You Be Charged Child Support While You’re Incarcerated?
Yes. You can and will be charged child support while you’re incarcerated. However, there are ways to lower or defer your payments.
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Who Gets Custody of Your Children If You Go to Prison?
If you do not establish care for your child while you are away, they could be placed in foster care. The state will not allow your children to live without a legal guardian at home.
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How Can You Look up a Prisoner If You Haven’t Heard from Them?
If your loved one is in prison, you need to find out exactly where they are being held in order to keep track of their status as a prisoner. You should know if they are in a federal or state prison, or a state, county or city jail in order to use the correct search for a prisoner lookup.
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Can I Pick up an Incarcerated Person’s Belongings from Prison?
Sometimes. You can physically pick up an inmate’s belongings from some prisons. However, for people in federal prison, this is not an option.
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What Is a Hardship Transfer Request?
If it’s hard to visit a loved one in prison due to medical issues, you can make a hardship transfer request.
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How Can You Learn If Your Loved One’s Prison Had a Coronavirus Outbreak?
COVID-19 is sweeping through America’s prisons. How to find out if there has been a coronavirus outbreak at your loved one’s prison.
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What Can You Do If Your Loved One Is Part of a Prisoner Transport?
Your loved one may be part of a prisoner transport.
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Do Prisons Provide Health Status Updates on an Incarcerated Person?
Prisons usually won’t update you on the health status of a prisoner, except in specific circumstances.
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Do You Have a Right to Medical Confidentiality in Prison?
HIPAA protects your privacy in the outside world. But do you have medical confidentiality in prison? Here’s a look at this complicated topic.
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