Morning everyone. I've been traveling the past couple of days and will not be back until next week. I called his mom this morning to find out if anyone has heard from him. She said no, so I looked him up on the doc wesite. He was transferred to Lakeview. One step closer to coming home. :)

Couple of quick questions (once again). How long before he will be able to contact us? Will he be able to write letters immediately? If he transfers to another location, how long will that take? Does this mean that he got into the porgram?

I don't mean to be a pain with all of this questions but I want to know as much as possible. All of your help makes it so much easier to deal with this whole situation.

I forgot how long it took before I heard from my loved one. Yes, he can write and call. It depends when a group graduates before they are transferred again I don't know how long that will be. I do know that graduations at the facility where my loved one is are on Thursday's.
There is still a chance that he could be denied shock.

Sam's girl

Sam's Girl. Thank you for your quick reply.

Your answer helped me make the decision to call Lakeview. They told me that it takes 24 hours to find out if he will be accepted. They will know at the end of the day today. I can call tomorrow to find out. He will be at this location anywhere from 2 - 6 weeks either way unless this is the location that will be his final.

As for calls, he is allowed one a day until he gets into the program. He is allowed mail at ont time. Visits are on Saturday only.

I really don't know what I would do without this website. You are so helpfull. :rock:

I'm so happy that you at least found out where he is for now, sometimes that is half the battle. That answers a lot of questions for me to, my boyfriend should be going to lakeview sometime soon...so i am in the same boat as you. good luck on your news.
by the way how long was he at reception before he was moved??

He was Ulster for exactly 2 weeks. We had no idea that he was being transfered. When I spoke to him last Friday, he thought that he would be gone by next week. So this was a surprise. If you have any question, let me know. I'll included them in a letter to him.

Did he get in??? I guess the only other things I want to know is while you are waiting for a platoon to open, how often can you get a visit? and when you have a visit how many people can come? Thanks so much for your help...He thought he would be leaving by this week, but I am visiting reception this weekend, so maybe next week...Good luck to you

Good luck to both of you.. glad I could be of help. ENJOY you're visits! :)
Sam's girl

When I called this morning, they today me that all of his testing was being done today. They would not be able to tell me anything until Monday. As for visitng it is only on Saturday. I believe, it's 8-2 but I'm not sure since I am still away and not going to be able to visit him this weekend.

I did find out something about parole when I spoke to woman in guidance today. They met with the Parole Board towards the end of the program. As Sam's girl stated there is no quarantee they will get release. They do come visit the location and have to approve the address that the person will be coming home too. She told me that if I wanted more information about it, I would have to talk to the Parole Department.

Let me know if there is anything else.