If you’re preparing to go to prison, you can read our article “What Can You Bring to Jail or Prison?” here. “Civilian clothing” which is any clothing not issued by the prison, is usually not allowed to remain with an inmate, nor is jewelry.
Once at your final prison destination, the personal property you’ve brought with you will be evaluated for its eligibility to remain with you versus put into prison storage or shipped to your home address (at your own expense).
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A full list of the BOP’s locations can be viewed here. You may spend time in multiple facilities prior to your final prison destination including your local jail and the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ primary processing center in Oklahoma. The factors and steps involved in your classification will likely include: Once you’ve received your court sentence, you will be evaluated to determine your prison destination based on your classification into one of six security levels which for the State of Virginia, are described in this link. If you’ve been arrested and jailed for a crime, you will first stay in a local jail during your court process until a jury and/or judge rules on your sentence.
These will vary in each prison however generally, the following process to serve a prison sentence can be expected in some shape or form throughout Federal prisons. Inmate processing, formally known as the prison intake process involves many steps.