hey i have couple of questions. what all information do i have to put on a money order to send to an inmate at easterling. and what kind of pictures can i send to easterling? also how long do an inmate have to be locked up until he is able for parole?

On the money order you would put in the pay to section his name and make sure somewhere on that money order you put his AIS #.

The pictures...no polaroids, no nudity..

Parole..This is what the parole board says:

If a prisoner is receiving correctional incentive time, his initial parole consideration shall be scheduled as follows: (a) for terms of five years or less, set on current docket. (b) for terms of five to ten years, schedule initial parole consideration approximately twelve months prior to the minimum release date; (c) for terms of more than ten years and up to fifteen years, schedule initial parole consideration approximately twenty-four months prior to the minimum release date; (d) for total terms in excess of fifteen years, schedule initial parole consideration approximately thirty-six months prior to the minimum release date.

For the ones not receiving the "good time" and have flat sentences:

After a prisoner has served a minimum of five years, he may initiate contact with designated officers in the Board’s Central Office, who may review the prisoner’s progress to determine whether it may be appropriate to schedule earlier parole consideration.

Just to add to what Blue said...when I send a $ order I also put his dorm/bed # in the "Pay to" section along with his inmate #. I don't know if it makes a difference or not but, I put everything on the $ order, that way they (Easterling) have NO REASON to return anything!!! I've heard from others around here that they will & do do those sorts of things...just to be difficult!! I haven't had any trouble, at all, with my fiance getting anything I send to him but, I don't want to take any chances, ya know?!

Greetings...

If you have loved ones at Easterling, you and they have my sympathy. I was released in March after suffering for 27 months in that stinking hole... literally stinking - there is a compost heap for all the food garbage located 100 yards south of the camp... it's often enough to make you gag!. When I arrived at the camp, I turned to the fella next to me and said, "It can't be a good sign when 300 buzzards are circling the prison!"

There should be a statue of Rod Serling outside the gate, because when you come to Easterling you HAVE entered the Twilight Zone... where the laws of the Universe and Man do not apply.

The good news is that Gwendolyn Mosely is no longer Warden. She was kicked upstairs because she has federal charges of tampering with the mail pending against her. Y'know how when you get mail, it will have a bar code sticker on it? The Post Office puts those on so the system can then route the mail faster by machine...

Well... Mosely figured out that if her mail clerk sees an address on an outgoing letter to somewhere the Warden would rather not have mail going - Commissioner, I&I, Attorney General, Governor, etc. - the clerk was instructed to put one of those labels on the envelope. What that did was make the PO system send the letter right back to Easterling without anyone ever looking at where it was supposed to be going.

So many complaints about mail inteference we made back years ago - when they would just tear mail up - that an investigation was started. Mosely came up with this scheme so the letters would go out, be postmarked, then sent back because of the bar code label. Then they could say "See? We didn't stop it."

While I was there the Feds came in and found where they were generating the bar code labels. That's against Federal law. As much as I hate cooperating with the Law, I am doing my best to send that sorry, rotten ***** to PRISON! (Just like her husband who spent 2 years in Fed for selling paroles.)

I hope a new Warden will make it better... couldn't get much worse!

If anyone has questions about Easterling - the spot where the tube will be inserted if God ever wants to give Alabama an enema - just let me know.

Y'all are invited to check out my poems in the Poetry forum.

Dave - The Jailhouse Poet

I'll admit, it is somewhat of a relief to know that Mosley is out as Warden. From what I have read and heard she was quite the "overbearing, tyrant of a (bleep)"! The entire camp was on lockdown at some point this weekend due to several fights that broke out. I just hope that isn't a preview of things to come!! I have heard from MANY that Easterling is the strictest camp in the DOC...but, I also think that has alot to do with it being one of the safer ones!! Until recently, anyways!! I do hope that with her being out... some things will change...rules & CO's!! Thanks for sharing so much with us!!!

There are always fights... You put 130 guys in a room the size of a school lunchroom with nothing to do except watch TV and play a few games and there will be fights. These are not folks who are generally known for holding their tempers well. However, I saw many fights but never saw one where anyone was seriously hurt. There were a few of those I heard about, but even those were only of the 'a few stitches here and there' level.

The most serious incident was right before I left... and it was an attack, not a fight. To go into the cause of it in detail would would be indelicate, but suffice it to say that one fella started doing something very offensive and disrespectful toward another inmate. He was asked to stop and when he didn't, the attacker said "Either stop or don't go to sleep." He didn't stop and he did go to sleep. His throat was cut ear to ear as he slept.

Sometimes you reach a point where you just don't care anymore. This fella had reached that point. He knew he was facing at least a manslaughter charge and probably Life - but he didn't care.

He now faces an assault with intent to kill charge for which he also faces Life. Y'see, he started at one ear and cut around to the other, but he followed the jawline, missing all major blood vessels. The guy he attacked didn't even need a transfusion. They stitched (more than a few!) him up and sent him back to the dorm.

The strictness is not the main reason there is so little violence there. The biggest part is that most people have either been through a program or are trying to get into one, plus the trade school.

Dave

Dave,
Hey I am new to all this, how long after you go up for parole hearing will they let you know that you have it.? Also how long after being paroled from the hell hole does it take to be released? My sweetie is in there and I hear that is not a good place to be. I want him home asap. Does he have to go to a halfway house or can he just come from there to my house? Just wondering. Any one that knows let me know ok Thank you

Ronaldsbabygirl

The day you go up for parole, they tell you. As far as being paroled, before his hearing he will talk to a parole officer and give him his home plan and if he is paroled he will go to whatever he put down as his home plan.