My son has been at Graham since April 4th.  Got my first letter from him yest.  He's hungry.

East House is the only one on l/d

4 hrs

Wondering how long your loved ones have been or have waited in r&c before transfer or moving to population?

I got a letter from my l/o today and he says that they were told that the lockdown could last up to 14 days. in his letter he also said "the people here shaking us down are from Springfield". Just wanted to let you guys know. Mah If I have this in the wrong place I apologize please forgive me

Every 7 to 10 days they will pass the phone around their cells and then they have yard/gym where they can wait in line. My loved one has called twice in one week before but then it was a week to 10 days  in between. I suggest calling his counselor asking what days he has yard and what time so you can be expecting his call. When the phones are being passed around in their cells is  a hit or miss situation you can never predict that really.

I know East House is on lockdown for sure. I think it's only their house, but you may want to call for sure first.

Welcome to IPT.

Sorry you are having to go through this, but you have found the right place for support and information.

We haven't had anyone come through lately with a LO going to BC, but from those a few months back, they were around 30+ days from the time they entered R&C.  They will go through all their entry evaluations and from there they will decide if/what camp he will be sent to.

In a couple weeks, after he has been evaluated, you could probably give Springfield a call and talk to Bob, the bootcamp coordinator and he may have more knowledge as to when he would be moved.  Give it a few weeks though.

In the meantime, continue to read everything on this board, there is alot of good information you are going to need and it will help you pass the time too.  You are among many that know what you are going through, hang in there, he is OK in R&C once he gets there!  they are locked down 24/7 in the beginning, it's boring for them, but he will get through it and onto the actual camp where he will need all the support you can offer! 

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