Still Haven't Seen Him

So my education of the state penal system remains at bay.  It's coming soon, of this I am sure... it will come.

I have been emailing him and he's been responding by writing letters and using snail mail, aka USPS. So the responses are delayed a wee bit.

Have not had a chance to speak live with him over the phone, with the exception of a '20 second FREE call' which cut me off in mid-sentence.  We basically said hi and he said he's not good...

Once cut off, a recording tells you that you can stay on and find out how you can begin to receive calls from your inmate... whoo hoo!

After about 20 minutes 'talking' and 'keying in' information oh, and giving my credit card #, I am registered to begin getting calls.  In the meantime, he tried to call me twice but I wasn't able to take his call b/c I wasn't going to hang up on the 'automated voice' that was registering me.  oh and while registering you get the option to hear what a typical 15 minute phone call would cost based on 'your inmate's' location.  

Of course! I'd like to know how much a call would cost so I can figure out how much is left.  The automated voice tells me how much based on the inmate's location... which was the first location he went to when starting his state sentencing... OMG, he's been transferred back to THAT facility as his 'home' prison?  THAT facility, where on his first night there a fellow inmate was stabbed in the shower and he decided NOT to take a shower???  OMG, is this what 'not so good' meant when he said it?

I am frantic with worry.... I can't talk to him, haven't seen him since court sentencing but no communication with him there... wtf????

Then it seemed like an eternity until I heard from him again.  A letter arrived... a sigh of relief was heard across the land... that is, until, I opened up the letter and saw the contents...

Stay tuned, more to come...


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Another Life Lesson Begins Tomorrow... Hasn't Happened Just Yet :(

My son was moved before I could get to visit him at the first location.  He's now in a facility where they will assess and assign him to a home prison.

Luckily I got a letter telling me he was going to be moved.  So I didn't visit.

Here's his home since June 26th... lovely right?

I read a 3 part article about the inside of this facility that was written in April of this year.  There were many pictures and the reporter wrote about what type of assessments are done and what happens to inmates as they go through the system.

From the article, depending upon the assessment, they are usually assigned to their 'home' prison in 2 or 3 weeks....

As far as I know, he's still there.

I send emails to him, trying to provide positive thoughts for him to contemplate as well as the mundane events of my life outside his walls... so far, he's only handwritten me back.  Not sure if he will be able to email me or not.

So, I have learned more about the process, just not visitation at a State Correctional Institution... at least, not yet.

More to come as this journey is traveled...

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