How do extradition services treat prisoners they are taking from one state/county to another? What is the experience like for a prisoner?
The experience can be difficult if you are claustrophobic. If you’re a little tall you have to bend. Some people with you will yell each time it’s dark (you enter a garage or a tunnel) because they are afraid. It’s also difficult if you have to be in that van for 8-10 hours without going to the bathroom. Some guys will pee in their pants, others will throw up.Watch that video and imagine that some guy starts screaming when it gets dark (at around 40sec):And forget the safety belts, how can you put that on when you are handcuffed?
How are prisoners assigned to jobs in California prisons?
Anonymous for obvious reasons. As a former inmate at Folsom State Prison (FSPI), I was the lead clerk at the camp. I was selected after the Correctional Officers found out that I knew a lot about computers and databases. I had discussed this genre with the CO running the job that I had at that time -- an outside work crew position.As lead clerk, I was introduced to the process and was responsible for finalizing all job placements with the main prison.Inmates are primarily selected for work positions based on their classification. An inmates classification is up to a Classification Board which places inmates in outside work crews, crews that go outside the gate but still within the prison proper and finally those inmates not cleared for travel beyond the gate -- these are primarily janitorial and maintenance of the facilities. For the vast majority of positions, there is little a job clerk can do to change the reality that each crew has a finite number of available spaces and inmate classification takes precedence over inmate desire or suitability for a position. For example, if an inmate has clearance to leave the prison for daily work assignment, that is the assignment that they will get and the only variation will be to which Correctional Officer's crew if there are multiple openings. Likewise, close quartered inmates with no clearance are going to work in janitorial / maintenance / kitchen crew. That being said, the play that a Job Clerk has in this instance is greater and he can manipulate the positions in order to sell jobs to inmates looking for a desirable schedule (like working the 3rd watch as opposed to 1st or 2nd. (3rd watch is from 2-9 or so). As for pay numbers. Most jobs do not pay anything. On each crew there may be as many as 2 paid positions and they dont pay much: perhaps $35 at the top end per month. It's virtual slavery and everyone knows it. those positions are assigned exclusively by the CO that runs that particular crew. They generally assign the pay numbers based on seniority but do not have to do it that way and many didn't. I believe that the number of paid positions at the time I was at Old Folsom was around 50 and dwindled to somewhere around 30 but the time I left. I would suspect those numbers have declined since 2004.
Prisoners: How often do you have visitors?
I do not have visitors. At first I was ashamed of my situation so I did not contact my family much. I needed to do the time without worrying about outside of these walls. Then I realized that I would only hear from people when someone died. And this was starting to occur with more frequency. I realized that I would probably never see most of my older family members again. As I got older, I started getting over my hangups. I realized that the only person that was judging me was me and I was punishing good people who cared about me because of it. Now I don't mind getting visits. However, most of my family are hundreds of miles away in Los Angeles and I am here in the bay area. So pretty much now proximity keeps me from getting visits.All communications between inmates and external channels are facilitated by approved volunteers since inmates do not have access to the internet. This program with Quora is part of The Last Mile San Quentin. Twitter: @TLM
How long does it take for mail to be sent within 160 miles in the same state?
Depends on which city you are mailing from and which city you are to. If it was like from Dallas to Longview, might take two days because the two cities are are connected by an interstate. If it from Dallas to another town not on the interstate system, might take 3 to 4 days depending on the contracts in place for transporters to move the mail from point A to B. You can’t give a hard a cold answer because there are too many variables.
I have a warrant for my arrest in Texas. I don't plan on ever going back to Texas. Can they still get me in California?
Texas would have to want you for something way more serious than an unpaid traffic fine to extradite you from California. Extraditions are expensive. It's salary, plane fare, ground transportation, hotel, and meals for two cops both ways and one prisoner for the trip back. There is no sense to doing that to get a fine of a few hundred bucks, at most. This doesn't mean that you are free and clear so long as you stay out of Texas. If you try and obtain a drivers license in California or most other states, they will probably check for suspensions in other states, and a traffic warrant usually also suspends your license. A background check for a new job could reveal the warrant. Some local courts report unpaid fines to credit agencies, damaging your credit report. There are all sorts of loose ends associated with arrest warrants, and one of them is likely to trip you up. Arrest warrants are valid until served or recalled. Some courts put an expiration date on warrants, but just as many do not. I once served an arrest warrant that had been sitting in file over ten years. It stemmed from a citation issued by an animal control officer for allowing a dog to run free, without a leash. Arrest warrants are court orders to any peace officer with jurisdiction and capability to serve the warrant. If the officer was to refuse to serve the warrant, he could be held in contempt of court. While it may be personally satisfying to flip the figurative bird at the Texas court that imposed the fine or the police agency that gave you the ticket, the arm of the law is long, and has a way of reaching out and touching you sooner or later.
Elvis alive?
Elvis is dead. Autopsy performed. Death certificate issued. A conspiracy of the magnitude described in the article would require the cooperation of an extraordinary number of people. It defies all reasonable logic to state otherwise.
If someone has a bench warrant in one state, could that person be arrested in another state for that same bench warrant?
I have read almost all of these answers. I am originally from Indiana, and the state places a rider on all their misdemeanor warrants that it is enforcable only within state boundaries. Now, I seen almost all of the answers her are from people with law enforcment back grounds. Not to upset anyone but police officers do not spend the time and money attorneys do on an education. When there is a rider on the warrent it is placing a legal jurisdiction or enforcement on that warrent. And that warrent is then only a legal document in the boundaries of jurisdiction of that document. Outside of that it is worthless, nothing more than toilet paper. So it is my understanding that it you are out of jurisdiction of the warrent as stated on the warrent (which at the time the officer runs a check it is stated there it) and arrest you only on the basis of that warrant then they have commited a legal kidnapping and have falsely arrested you due to the fact the officer already knows the jurisdiction of the warrent and what the intent of the issueing court is on the extradition. So yes you should take care of the warrent as soon as you can, but understand that if you are checked and you are in fact outside the limits of the warrent. It is no longer a legal document and can not be enforced at any cost just like a city police officer had NO jurisdiction in another city that is not within his state. In fact if that police office from NV came to my state of Florida and tried to use his badge in a official capacity he would be arrested for impersonating an office. If the law is like that for the jurisdiction of a person what do you think they would be for a pirce of paper. And remember to alway demand (not ask) to see the warrent and to read it completely before you sign it. Some jails have been known to pass off the warrent as extradition papers just to get you to sign the warrant. Sorry to any law enforcement officer i may have upset.