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Re:Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation by HWR_14 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:26AM (#36917224)
At least there seems to be a lot of movement against pretrial detention because of financial reasons like bond. Of course, your passport would be confiscated so you still wouldn't be able to visit her, but at leas you could have spent hours on the phone with her.
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Re:Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation by qingcharles on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:48PM (#36924403)
Exactly. The State already had my passport as I had to give that up to even get a bond hearing. (Although the British government said they would issue me an emergency passport if I wanted to flee)
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Re:Free prison phone calls boost family ties, rehabilitation by HWR_14 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:29PM (#36924854)
I'm amazed they offered you an emergency passport, although I'm guessing this was during your lengthy pre trial detainment.

I would have expected it to go the other way. Like an offer to be transferred to/from the UK in custody so you can be visited by your mother, because the US government trusts the UK government to return you.

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