Respond by Monday May 2 2005 between 9:00a.m. and 2:00p.m.WHo do i contact to get my husband a furlough so that he can come home for his father-in-laws funeral services? He is serving six months in an Arkansas state prison, and i really need to know how to go about getting him one before tuesday if ppossible. Who do i contact, what do i say? I can barely think straight rite now!! I have been having problems (mentally) since my hubby violated his parole and was sentenced 6 months in January this year 2005. We haven't been married a year yet!! BUt he really loved his father-in-law and needs to be here. Please some one help me out A.S.A.P.!!!! By the way this is my first time here. And my b-days this Wednesday, whic i will not celebrate this year. Sure will appreciate your time. Thanks,
Julie

I'm so sorry for your loss. The first thing you should do is call the chaplains office at the prison. They'll let him call home. The chaplain may be able to advise you how to begin arranging for letting him attend the funeral.

P.S. It's not really a "furlough" as they'll only let him attend the funeral and have some family time together. He will be escorted by an armed escort from the sherriff's office, who will drive him to the funeral. And you have to pay for it.

And by the way, Welcome to PTO.
I'm moving your thread to the main Arkansas forum where it will get more attention.

My husbands grandmother died in March and he got to go to her funeral. The first thing I did was call the Chap. and told him and he arragned everything as far as getting it approved by the DOC. I had to tell him where the funeral was, what city and county, what funeral home, what time, the name of the person that died, what relation was the person that died to my husband. We had to contact the Sherrifs office where the funeral was going to be and arrange for them to pick him up. It cost us around 600.00. Yes, you read that right, we had to pay for the officer. He charged us 10$ h/r and 35 cents a mile. He also go my husband there late but he did make it. Oh, he also charged us for his food even though he was offered food to eat at our familes house. The prices are different with every county do ti could be more or it could be less. I am sorry for your loss and I hope this helps

well, i guess i won't be able to get him one then. don't have the money to pay for an officer. thank you for your reply, i do appreciate it. i got another one also and its depressing to find out that he can't come home for 24 hrs to grieve! he doesen;t even know yet and the prison he is in sucks. i had called last friday to get him amessage about my dad, that he was really sick,ect and the chap. tod me he would get it to him asap, but he never got it. its sad. thanks anyways.

Sorry. My husband got a 12 hour "emergency furlough" thats what they called it.

Welcome to PTO! So sorry to hear about your loss.

I'm so sorry. I hope he can at least call you. Since my husband's been in prison, his uncle died and his grandmother has been very sick. But we know we can't afford to get him to the funeral. It would cost several hundred dollars for a few hours of "freedom" to mourn.

Usually, in the event of a death in the family, the chaplain lets the inmate call home (a free call, from the chaplains phone, while the chaplain listens in).

My dad died in May 1999, so I know the loss you're feeling. I'm sorry your husband can't be here for you.

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Thank you all for your replies,:) and for caring about my questions and situation. I just called the prison he's in and the guy says the chaplin will be in this afternoon and he would make sure Gene (my husband) will get the message. So we'll see if he does this afternoon. It is so hard to deal with it alone. My mother is taking it worse than I am but she says the same about me!! All I have been telling everyone since Saturday is this: "He's in a better place looking down upon us now, and he's well in health, ext. most of all, he has no more pain or worries!!" This brings a smile to my face. It could have been alot diffrent if the doctors would have caught it about 5 or more years ago. Instead they kept treating him for an infection when all this time he had cancer of the brain. 10 years he suffered and theses last couple years were the worst. Any ways, thank you all for your kindness and your time. May God bless you all in everything.

Julie Ann:heart:

your dad may visit you in your dreams. mine does, sometimes. it's funny, i'll dream he's alive and i'll be like "how embarrassing, we thought he was dead, don't tell him we thought that!" When i wake up i feel like i've really been visiting with him. It's confirmation that he's "away" but not really "gone."
You hang in there, hon!
p.s. I'm "julie ann" too!

Well he got to call me and we discussed tring to get him here for the services but we agreed that there's really now way possible for him to come unless a thousand dollars just falls out of the sky!!! I wish he was here though.:( and soon he will be if I can have a place for him to parole out to in July. He comes up for parole in July but won't get out until August if parole board approves the address he requests to be relaesed to. This is so depressing... But things will work out soon. So how long has yur hubby been in for? If you do not mind me asking, and i am not trying to be nosy!! Just need people to talk with who can relate... Write back when you can if you'd like

Julie, my husband's been "away" since july 2003, and is due home Sept of this year. He did time at Cummins (where i met Hunts-Girl) and is now at Tucker for therapy. You'll find lots of people here on PTO that u can relate to, and can relate to you!

j adams, Keep your head up. Your husband has very little time left. It will all be over for you soon. My hubsnad has been in prison since 1997 and has 2 more years to do. I just wish I could say he will be home in August. :(