Simplicity
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Prisoner Rights? What can I do?
What is the name of your state? Florida
My question is regarding my cousin who is currently a prisoner here in the state of Florida. He is currently in a federal prison in Coleman, Florida. My question: is there anything we can do by getting a lawyer due to the following issues that are going on with him in the prison.
He has been put into confinement aka: "The Whole”. They are claiming that they have the right and are putting him in confinement for 9 months, and or he can choose to be transferred to the max security prison for the remainder of his sentence which is about 10 months. The thing is they are saying that they are doing this for several reasons. One being because he has refused to let them take anymore restitution then $30.00 a month from the money his family sends to him for phone calls and things he needs. His mother sends him only $30.00 a week and they are wanting her to send in even more so that they can take out $160.00 per month from him. It’s not his money , its hers for her son to use while in there and also I am sure that they can not make him pay restitution while he is serving a sentence in prison, if I am not mistaking I believe he was even told that at the trial from his lawyer at the time of sentencing. On top of that I don’t see how they can punish him for that. They also claim that he is remaining in the whole or being sent to Max security because he has violated his parole by being in prison for a prior little incident. I also don’t believe they can do that, he has not been seen before a judge on the issue of this violation of parole. We were told that there would be sheriffs there to pick him up on his release date from this prison to arrest him and take him to the county jail house for the issue of violating parole. He has been accused of taking another prisoners badge. Now we have come to find out from the warden of the prison, that he in fact did not take the badge but it was lost by the other prisoner and found. It was just that the prisoner who lost his badge blamed my cousin for taking it when he in fact did not. And now that prisoner is being punished for false accusing of someone taking his badge. They have had him locked up in confinement now for 12 days. I don’t see how they can do all of this. Is there anything that we can do to help him from out here? Are any of his rights being violated?
What is the name of your state? Florida
My question is regarding my cousin who is currently a prisoner here in the state of Florida. He is currently in a federal prison in Coleman, Florida. My question: is there anything we can do by getting a lawyer due to the following issues that are going on with him in the prison.
He has been put into confinement aka: "The Whole”. They are claiming that they have the right and are putting him in confinement for 9 months, and or he can choose to be transferred to the max security prison for the remainder of his sentence which is about 10 months. The thing is they are saying that they are doing this for several reasons. One being because he has refused to let them take anymore restitution then $30.00 a month from the money his family sends to him for phone calls and things he needs. His mother sends him only $30.00 a week and they are wanting her to send in even more so that they can take out $160.00 per month from him. It’s not his money , its hers for her son to use while in there and also I am sure that they can not make him pay restitution while he is serving a sentence in prison, if I am not mistaking I believe he was even told that at the trial from his lawyer at the time of sentencing. On top of that I don’t see how they can punish him for that. They also claim that he is remaining in the whole or being sent to Max security because he has violated his parole by being in prison for a prior little incident. I also don’t believe they can do that, he has not been seen before a judge on the issue of this violation of parole. We were told that there would be sheriffs there to pick him up on his release date from this prison to arrest him and take him to the county jail house for the issue of violating parole. He has been accused of taking another prisoners badge. Now we have come to find out from the warden of the prison, that he in fact did not take the badge but it was lost by the other prisoner and found. It was just that the prisoner who lost his badge blamed my cousin for taking it when he in fact did not. And now that prisoner is being punished for false accusing of someone taking his badge. They have had him locked up in confinement now for 12 days. I don’t see how they can do all of this. Is there anything that we can do to help him from out here? Are any of his rights being violated?
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