23 Mar, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Unlike previous entries in our Notorious Prisons in the USA series, Leavenworth is not a maximum security prison. It is designated a medium security federal prison with an adjoined minimum security camp. It is a male prison, with the current population around 2000 inmates, with 1500 in the medium security prison, and the remaining 500 […]

22 Mar, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

The legal system has essentially been the same since the dawn of civilization. If you break the law, you are judged by an appointed person (a king, a magistrate or a judge), and if found guilty, given a proper sentence. Prisons and other confinement areas have also been around for a long time. However, for […]

27 Feb, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

We have mentioned this in passing, but this is the full scoop on how the bail bonds process works, and what happens if it is violated. The arrest It all starts when the person is arrested. They are taken to a police station and booked. What it means is that they are processed; their name, […]

27 Feb, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

People have used prisons to separate criminals from the rest of the people for as long as there has been a civilization. However, it was only recently that we have realized that not all criminals are the same and not all crimes are the same. Equating murder to petty theft would mean that criminals who […]

3 Feb, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

The bail bonding agencies have found themselves a pretty good and somewhat altruistic profession. In case you are unsure how bails work, we wrote about the bail process a while back. In short, people who are awaiting trial may be released from prison until trial provided that they pay the court a certain amount of […]

3 Feb, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Another New York based prison whose name is well known to a majority of people is Sing Sing. Considerably smaller than the Riker’s Island penitentiary, Sing Sing gained its notoriety by being a maximum security facility, used to house some of the worst offenders around. Maximum security facilities are quite intimidating, and staying in one […]

1 Feb, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Today, many people take for granted the fact that affordable San Diego bail bonds are readily available. However, most people know very little about the history of bail bonds, and the role that they played in helping to improve the fundamental fairness in criminal justice systems both ancient and modern. The concept of posting securities […]

11 Jan, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Continuing the series on the notorious prisons in the USA, we go across the country from our previous entries, to New York. The next prison complex is Rikers Island, located on the eponymous island in the East River. This is actually not a single prison, but rather a complex of 10 separate prisons which house […]

11 Jan, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Women who end up in prison go to a separate institution, or at least a separate ward of a prison. This seems so absolutely normal to us today that we often forget that it wasn’t always so. As in many other aspects, women were often treated more poorly than men even when they were taken […]

5 Jan, 2017//Posted by : aebbvelocityloca//Category : blog

Finding out that a loved one has gone to jail can be a harrowing and frustrating experience. It could make you feel helpless and throw you off balance. As a natural protector of your family members, you will want to help as much as you can. The following are five tips on how to help […]