"How long can you legally hold people when you make a security arrest?"

"Depends on the security need."

"Okay. I can also put together a motion for the court to kick this back to Calado for evaluation there, if you expect that to go in your favor - it's not very likely to be approved but it doesn't hurt to try - or technically I could move to have Ambaróna try it but I don't think that looks any better odds-wise."

"I think I could navigate the matter at home. What is Ambaróna?"

"The nation of origin of the victims. It wouldn't be that hard to get the case moved there, but it's an Elf country, they're going to be even more inclined to sympathize with Elves who got imprisoned and one of their royals got involved which I am not confident would not influence the court."

Sigh.

"I will file a motion to move it to Calado but I don't expect it to get approved. Are there other questions I can answer for you -"

"Will it be more or less like this for the duration if I'm sentenced?"

"Yes. You could request a transfer to a different prison but they vary mostly in aesthetics - they'll all have three meals a day, counselors and work programs available, internet, six visiting hours a day. You're typically expected to meet with a social worker once a week."

"- how would anyone visit me? What would the social worker do?"

"Prison social workers tend to ask about plans for release, try to help people spend their time productively if they want to do that, get them mental health services if necessary, help complete court-ordered steps like restitution or classes on ethical conduct. Anyone who wanted to visit you would have to somehow reach the nearest dimensional transit facility. There are no facilities set up in Calado because it has been judged too hazardous to operate in Calado but there are some in progress in some neighboring countries."

"Which ones?"

"I'd have to look it up for you." He does. "Ah, yes, Tapa? Does that sound familiar?"

"...I know the names of all the countries on Amenta, yes."

"It could have been transliterated poorly enough to be unintelligible or ambiguous. Tapa is going to have a dimensional transit facility with hourly service to Elendil. Elendil has shuttles here... also hourly."

Nod.

"There'd be a transfer if you engaged in activity that justified an elevated security prison - getting into fights with other inmates, having guests smuggle in weapons or poison or something, breaking laws online while in prison, threatening witnesses or trying to bribe judges or something - and pregnant people get transferred to a prison that can accommodate them, as do people with unusual health conditions the clinic here can't handle."

Sigh.

"Hmm?"

"How long do the shuttles take, or are they as instant as was my arrest?"

"They're teleported, yes."

Nod.

"I'm going to send you an email with instructions about logging in to a confidential case file where I can keep you updated on what evidence has been entered and what motions have been filed. You'll have to create a password and have the options to add additional levels of security. Anyone asking you for permission to look at your case file, or trying to look over your shoulder at it, or insinuating that it'd be to your advantage to show it to them, will spend the next decade in jail, report them immediately, confidentiality is taken very seriously."

"All right."

"Take care, and let me know if you need anything or think of anything."