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General Services

Incarceration Preparation
• Pre-Sentencing information seminar
• What happens Before Incarceration – This addresses the time between conviction and sentencing for those clients on bail (this is important for both the inmate and their families)
• Explanation of your rights while incarcerated - CRIMINAL CODE, PRISONS AND REFORMATORIES ACT AND REGULATIONS (PRAR's), CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE ACT (CCRA), CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE REGULATIONS (CCRR's), Commissioners Directives (CD’s) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s)
• Liaison with Defense Attorney’s (simplifying Legal jargon)
• Assistance with preparation, and advice, of PSR strategies (Pre Sentence Report)
• Actual Prison Forms and Paperwork – Learn how to fill them out, view typical schedules, menus, discipline and general information
• The Correctional Assessment Process and how Institutional Placement works (right from intake at the local jail to Federal reception)
• Medical files prearranged prior to intake process

​Subculture
• Weekly communication
• Personal counseling services
• Gain a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the prison experience
• Referrals to lawyers that specialize in Correctional law

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• Visiting Regulations – How to get visits immediately without delay!
• Private Family Visits (PFV’s) – Full breakdown on the prerequisites required to qualify for PFVs and how to get them ASAP!
• Telephone Regulations – How to make calls immediately without delay

• Mail Regulations
• Packing for Prison – What you can and cannot bring for all security levels, timeframes for your possessions to arrive

• Full breakdown of your eligibility dates
• Preparation towards how to conduct yourself While incarcerated
• Initial Custody – This covers your arrival and intake process. This is known to be one of the most stressful parts of your entire period of incarceration
• Inmate Etiquette – This will cover the unwritten rules, regulations, do’s and don’ts, and a glossary of slang that you will hear and need to understand

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Managing Your Sentence
• Assistance with Parole Officer Interpretation
• Assistance with write ups and applications
• Navigating Prison Politics and Institutional ​

“Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” (Alexander Graham Bell)
We firmly believe in the necessity of providing awareness and assistance to those who experience the stress and uncertainty of the United States Criminal Justice System; imparting much needed advice on how to cope and survive in the unfamiliar surroundings of prison. We believe that the anxiety created by being convicted of a criminal offence and the unknown journey into the Correctional System can be minimized through being informed of the potential obstacles a convicted person may encounter once sentenced. Through informed, current information and advice at the front end, a great deal of grief and unnecessary conflict can be avoided. Our goal is for our clients to do their time as smoothly and quickly as possible. We also recognize the need and importance of informing and assisting the family of the convicted person as to what is expected of them during this difficult period We recognize that it is not only the offender who serves time. In many ways, the family members of incarcerated persons also do time, they just happen to do it within the context of the community. Knowing how to navigate the system, avoid unnecessary conflict and minimize the impact of incarceration becomes the key to survival.