RICKY HAS BEEN IN THE TUCSON PRISON NOW FOR 3 MONTHS,HE IS IN A LEVEL 4 YARD,WHAT HAPPENS NOW?? WHEN CAN HE APPEAL FOR A LOWER LEVEL? HE IS ONLY 19 YEARS OLD WITH 10 YEARS AHEAD OF HIM TO DO, WHAT IS THE LIKELY-HOOD OF HIM REALLY DOING IT? WHEN WILL HIS PAROL HEARING BE, AND CAN HE APPEAL HIS SENTENCE THEN? SORRY SO MANY QUESTIONS, ALOT ON MY MIND TONIGHT.

You questions aare fine and you will NEVER ask too many...that's what we are here for. I am going to move this to the Arizona forum since every state prison system has it's own rules. I'm sure you'll get your answers there.

Nicole,

If he is in State prison, he will get a 60 day review first then one every 6 months. Arizona doesn't really have "parole" anymore. Inmates are released on "temporary release" 3 months prior to their earned credit release date --- this is really the only parole they have now. (I believe there are some long timers who might still be under the parole clause.)

Right now Arizona inmates are required to serve 85% of their time. They call it 6 for 1. Essentially for every week of time, they can subtract 1 day for "good time".

As far as appeal...I have no idea. I think the attorney he had when sentenced could tell you when he can start filing an appeal.

Have you gone to the Arizona DOC website? You can look up the inmate and see when the next review date is sceduled for him. Their website : http://www.adc.state.az.us/ISearch.htm. I am not sure if you have looked around it or not, but it is full of information. At the bottom of the inmate search page is a site directory -- you can use that to find out just about anything at the DOC.

By the way, you do not need to apologize for so many questions. Please feel free to ask away! You can always pm me if you want too.

Kim

thank you so much, you answered all of my questions.

DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BE APPROVED FOR VISITS IN ANY OF THE TUCSON UNITS.

my ol man is in tucson (rincon unit) and when he sent me the visit forms, i mailed them back rite away, and id say about 4 weeks or so was the longest it took? maby not quite that long. but they will inform him of who is approved or not and it is up to him to inform you.