β Scribed by Wes Denham
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
When family members or loved ones are arrested, things get crazy fast. Inmates want bail bonds and private attorneys, food from the commissary, healthcare and prescription drugs. They want someone to prove, somehow, that witnesses were lying or that police reports were incorrect. Lawyers and bail bondsmen appear, as if by magic, with hands held out for money, and are followed by jail fees, arrest fees, jail phone charges, commissary fees, probation fees, class fees, drug test fees, and on and on.Β What to do?Β Arrested is the only guide to supporting family members facing criminal charges. It explains how to make decisions that are in the best interests of the entire familyβnot just the defendantβand provides checklists of what things to do, and in what order. Form letters called βjail mailβ are included to help readers quickly send important information to inmates.Β Whether a defendant is charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct or first-degree murder, Arrested is an indispensible book.
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 6
1. Star Light, Star Bright, Get Me Out of Jail Tonight!: Those Terrible Telephone Calls......Page 8
2. The Golden Road to Samarqand: Preface to Freedom......Page 13
3. You, the Gumshoe: How to Get Critical Information......Page 28
4. Toss Your Crib, Car, and Computer: An Urgent Priority......Page 39
5. Going to the Big House: Jail Visits......Page 46
6. βGive Your Hearts to Jesus, Boys . . .β: Life in Jail......Page 50
7. Sick, Confused, and Crazy: Medical Care and Mental Illness......Page 62
8. Bureaucratic Heroin and Black Holes: Commissaries and Jail Phones......Page 67
9. How Chancroid Saves a Twink: Sex in Jail......Page 75
10. As the Worm Turns: Drug Addiction......Page 81
11. Does the Elevator Go Up to the Top, or Not?: Homo Chaoticus, Unsocialized Man......Page 87
12. Hitting Bottom: How to Recognize a Readiness to Change......Page 96
13. Why Gung Ho Is Good: The Character Factories......Page 100
14. To Help or Not to Help?: Rating Defendants......Page 110
15. The Tickle of the Trocar: Bail and Bail Bonds......Page 124
16. How a Wino Saved the Sixth Amendment: Public Defenders, Plea Bargains, and the Caseload Gorilla......Page 131
17. The Pin-Striped Mafia: Fee Whores, Voodoo Doctors, Dodo Birds, and Other Legal Vermin......Page 139
18. Crackerjack Private Attorneys: How to Find the Prize in the Box......Page 149
19. Show Me the Work, Iβll Show You the Money: Getting a Quotation for Legal Services and Fees......Page 159
20. Negotiating a Contract for Legal Defense: Getting the Bang for Your Bucks......Page 177
21. How to Help the Defense: Getting Busy In Jail and Out......Page 180
22. Money! Money! Money!: The Budget......Page 186
23. Outdoor Jail: Probation and Parole......Page 197
24. To Snitch Is a Bitch: Cooperating with Police and Prosecutors......Page 209
25. Your Personal Witness Protection Program: Blowing the βHood......Page 213
26. The Family Management Plan: Making a Difference for Your Defendant......Page 216
27. Why Are So Many People in Jail?: Juking the Stats in the Crime-Crazed U.S.A.......Page 227
A: Library of Forms and Letters......Page 243
B: How to Dispute Attorney Credit Card Charges......Page 250
C: The Dictionary of Crime and Punishment......Page 252
Index......Page 260
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