Category: BOP
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What Is The System? How Does It Work? The “email” system in federal prison functions through the federal prison operating system called TRULINCS, and is only available on computer systems in dedicated rooms set up in each housing unit. As it currently stands, this system cannot be accessed through the SCORE-7c tablets that can be…
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Is It Related To The Government Shutdown? We’re getting a lot of reports lately about commissaries across the country having next to nothing in stock. Almost everyone on our team here at Federal Prison Tips has been through this, and there’s nothing more frustrating – especially on days when the prison meals at the chow…
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A Judge Can Request The BOP To Do Lots Of Things – But They Don’t Have To If you’re facing sentencing on federal charges and your lawyer is telling you that he’ll simply ask the judge to recommend RDAP and you’ll get the year off, think again. Lawyers rarely know how it works after sentencing.…
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The Population Is Aging Everywhere – Including Prison Over the last 30 years, the number of older people in federal prison, classed at 55 years old or older, has exploded from 3% in 1991 to 15% today. By 2030, the Bureau of Prisons is expecting one in three inmates to be over the age of…
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Is It Good For Inmates? Following the story of the BOP terminating the master agreement with the council of Prison Locals 33, the union that represents BOP correctional officers and staff within federal prisons across the country, we wanted to clear up what this means. The agreement was terminated upon executive order by President Trump.…
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Diddy Sentenced To 50 Months In Federal Prison When Will He Be Home? Sean P. Diddy Combs was sentenced to 50 months in Federal Prison today in the Southern District of New York, after being found guilty of two counts of “Transportation to Engage in Prostitution”. He was acquitted of the more serious charges of…
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Shit Just Got Real At The BOP On September 25th, the Bureau of Prisons terminated the master agreement with the council of Prisons Locals 33, the union that represents correctional officers and staff members in the Bureau of Prisons. Previously, under the master agreement, anytime a major decision was paraded through the prison system, the…
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What Can A 2241 Motion Do? Habeas Corpus is a Latin term that means “you have the body.” This motion allows inmates in federal prison to challenge the legality of their confinement based on the conditions or other elements. If an inmate is being held past their conditional release date as per their First Step…
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I Was An Inmate In Federal Prison During 2 Government Shutdowns The government shutdown today October 1, 2025 which isn’t new there have been 5 government shutdowns in the last 10 years and I was personally an inmate in federal prison during two of them. The most notable was in 2018 which was featured on…
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What’s The Problem Now? By now, everyone knows that Federal Prison Director Billy Marshall issued a memorandum back in June and posted it on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website. This memo directed case managers in the BOP to stack First Step Act (FSA) and Second Chance Act (SCA) benefits to provide inmates the maximum…
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OIG Issues Report On FSA 500 Mile Rule With Shocking Findings When Congress passed the First Step Act (FSA) in 2018, one key promise was to reduce the harm of incarceration by housing federal inmates as close as practicable to their families. The law directs the Bureau of Prisons to place prisoners within 500 driving…
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In response to an Executive Order from President Trump signed earlier this year, today BOP Director William K Marshall III terminated the Master Agreement with Council of Prisons Locals 33 (CPL-33) the union that represents federal prison correctional officers. Many feel that this is a welcomed change for inmates and some staff who’ve witnessed first…
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Guideline Amendments Disappoint Federal Prison Inmates Inmates in Federal Prison look forward to the United States Sentencing Commission’s annual guideline amendments. This year was especially hopeful as there was a proposed amendment eliminated the disparity between methamphetamine mix and pure methamphetamine as well as an amendment that would eliminate the ability to look at state…
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Some BOP Employees And Ex-Employees Want Josh To Go Most people who are familiar with Deputy Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Josh Smith, are aware that he is a felon. Following his crimes in his youth and early 20s, he became a successful entrepreneur, and worked within his nonprofit to advocate for prison reform…
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This Follows Officers Being Exposed To Dangerous Substance We just received work that three Bureau of Prisons correctional officers at the low security federal prison in Butner, North Carolina, had to seek medical attention last Friday. They were exposed to a fentanyl-like substance in the Grandville unit. The unit officer, along with two officers who…
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Understanding The State Of Video Visits In Federal Prison As it stands today, unfortunately, there are no video visits in men’s federal prisons, and there’s no given time frame in which we can expect this to become available. Now, women’s prisons have had video visits through the TRULINCS kiosk for the past four years. The…
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Loved Ones Coalition Report For September 15th Highlights Preventable Inmate Death at Duluth This week’s Loved Ones Coalition Oversight Report presents an extensive, multi-facility investigation into conditions inside numerous U.S. federal prisons. Drawing on testimony from incarcerated individuals, families, and some correctional officers, it documents a pattern of systemic abuse, neglect, and retaliation across the…
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Federal Prison Tips Live First Step Act Workshop Thank you for joining Federal Prison Tips for our Federal Prison Tips Live Free First Step Act Workshop. The First Step Act was the first piece of bipartisan prison reform passed by Congress in over 2 decades when it was signed into law during President Trump’s first…
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Latest “Loved Ones Coalition” Report Highlights Extreme Neglect In U.S. Federal Prison Each week Christine Amador and the Loved Ones Coalition highlights actual instances of neglect, mistreatment and retaliation at Federal Prisons across the country. The Loved One’s Coalition was started by Christine Amador as a support group for families and loved ones with inmates…
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BOP Math Isn’t Mathing This spring new Federal Prison Director (BOP) William K Marshall III “Billy” made a huge splash. In fact, even to this day his new executive team; himself, Deputy Director Josh Smith and Assistant Deputy Director Rick Stover have breathed new life into an embattled agency. Since Marshall’s tenure began they’ve implemented…