Q: If someone is in jail and is on probation what can I do
He was on probation for felony drug charges was arrested got on probation went on the run was arrested again then again got on probation this was his final year on probation he was going to pay it off when he got his taxes but he relapsed became homeless and now is in jail with theft greater then a hundred less then seven fifty and possession greater then one less then four
A:
If you have the resources to hire him a better attorney than a court-appointed then you could do that. If you can't afford that, you could still make his life more comfortable in jail by depositing smaller amounts of money into his spending account at the jail... this is sometimes called "putting money on his books" and allows him to have a somewhat better quality of life in jail because he can do things like make additional phone calls and buy little things from the commissary.
Perhaps more importantly, you can send him old-fashioned paper letters. Those mean a lot to people who are locked up. However, don't write anything you don't want the cops to read... so don't talk about the alleged offense, his probation, his relapse, or stuff about his defense... in fact, just assume they will read everything and anything that could be misinterpreted and used against him will be. Maybe stick to topics like updates about friends and family.
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