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My Friend Needed a Bail Bondsman

By Editor / 03/20/2016 / 0 Comments

Working with a bail bondsman I had never known anyone in prison until my friend was accused of making a threat against his child’s school. He wanted them to take care of a situation with his child and got into a heated debate with the principal. Things got out of hand and the principal called the police and said he was making threats. He was arrested and called me for help. Being the good friend […]

Social Worker Can Bring Children To Visit Parent in Prison

By Editor / 03/09/2016 / 2 Comments

Social worker can bring a child in foster care to visit their parent(s) in prison I am a Family Services Case Worker, also known as a Social Worker. I have a caseload of children in foster care and also have relationships with their parents and sometimes they have a parent in prison. I try to keep in touch with all of the parents of the children I work with. The parents that are incarcerated locally can call […]

Prison Experience as a Visitor and Inmate

By Editor / 02/15/2016 / 4 Comments

Visiting Prison from the Outside and Inside as a Visitor and Inmate Prison Perspective as a Visitor I went to visit a friend of mine in prison. I am a white guy and visited a black friend at a prison. It was weird because it seemed that the guards had a problem with a white guy visiting a black friend. So this was my first experience as a prison visitor (from the outside). I went to […]

Shocked to Receive Call From Prison

By Editor / 01/26/2016 / 5 Comments

Call From My Son In Prison

I received a call from prison and it was my son telling me he had been arrested. I was shocked and didn’t know what to do. I called the prison to find out when I could visit my son. I was able to visit him within the first week when he was in the County Detention Center. Everyone goes into a detention facility first. I didn’t really have any expectations, had no idea of what it was going to be like.

Mother With Son In Prison

By Editor / 01/26/2016 / 33 Comments

How I Found Out My Son Was In Prison I never thought I’d be a mother with a son in prison. I found out my son was in trouble when I was watching the news. They showed his picture and said he was armed and dangerous; I thought they were going to kill him. He did find a lawyer and turned himself in. He was held in the County Jail and then sent for classification. It […]

Prison Communication

By Editor / 01/26/2016 / 0 Comments

What You Need to Know About Prison Communication Prison communication is not the same as communicating with your friends and family on the outside. When I communicate with friends and family I use email, text, social media, or just pick up the phone whenever I want to talk to someone or leave a message. Unfortunately because of the needed security in prison, we are forced to writing letters or receiving collect calls when communicating with our loved […]