Category: BOP
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Hint: There’s A Reason It Doesn’t Happen Often Federal Prison Tips specializes in post conviction work. We have 11 staff members and three paralegals. Our work speaks for itself – our testimonial videos are everywhere, and you have probably come across a few. But we, most other post-conviction firms, and even law firms shy away…
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What Are The 68 Disqualifying Offenses? 18 USC § 3632(d)(4)(D) outlines the specific offenses that make an inmate ineligible to earn First Step Act (FSA) time credits. If any of the offenses listed below are among your charges, you will not see any sentence reductions from the First Step Act. Offense Code Offense Description Section…
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Addressing The Details Before You Leave Preparing to leave federal prison should start the day you arrive. But, here’s a pro tip. About halfway through your sentence, you need to make sure you don’t have any existing warrants or detainers. The BOP will not release you to a halfway house if these haven’t been addressed.…
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Use Administrative Remedies Sparingly Don’t overuse administrative remedies in federal prison – regardless of who told you otherwise. We recently had someone in one of our Facebook groups talking about using administrative remedies and appealing to Congress for small issues that happen to their inmate in federal prison. Even though Josh Smith, Deputy Director of…
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100-Series Shots And The Second Chance Act 100-series shots absolutely affect your community confinement time under the Second Chance Act. When evaluating how much time an inmate will spend in community confinement (halfway house and home confinement), case managers use a tool called the “Five-Factor Review.” This uses an inmate’s history before and during prison…
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We get this question a lot: aren’t inmates who’ve earned less than 365 day of First Step Act (FSA) credit supposed to learn up to 12 months of Second Chance Act (SCA) community confinement as well? The answer is yes, 100%. This was verified by the director of the BOP in his press release to…
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Visits & Searches We recently had a question come across our desk. The question was, do BOP employees check you every time you go to visitation? The answer is yes. Absolutely. Across security levels, from minimum security to maximum, every federal prison in the BOP checks inmates and visitors before face-to-face time begins. Inmates are…
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When It Comes To The BOP, There’s No Immediate Gratification What many inmates and inmate’s families need to understand is that immediate gratification doesn’t exist when it comes to issues regarding federal prison. For instance, the purported changes in applying FSA and SCA benefits. One week ago, Rick Stover called Federal Prison Tips founder Kyle…
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3 Federal Prison Tips Clients We Helped Minimize Their Federal Prison Sentence without snitching Now that you’ve been charged with a federal crime the first thing you’re thinking about is minimizing your exposure, minimizing your time in federal prison. We take calls all the time from clients and potential clients who have attorneys tell them…
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Inmates Train Dogs In Some Federal Prison Locations The Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery and the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan Texas are just some of the federal prisons that offer the IMPACT Dog Training Program. The Impact Dog Training Program pairs a dog with an inmate trainer companion for 24 hour a day training.…
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The Unannounced Inspections Begin Here at Federal Prison Tips have spoken with several inmates housed at the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery, as well as their loved ones, and several staff members on the condition of anonymity. We can confirm that the Southeast Region inspected the Federal Prison Camp in Montgomery on Tuesday unannounced. During…
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How Can You Maximize Your Pay In Federal Prison? Many federal prisons require their inmate population to work. This is especially relevant at federal prison camps. At all federal prisons, if you’re working a regular job outside of UNICOR, you’re working on a pay scale starting at Grade A, which is 12 cents per hour,…
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No Surprise: Case Managers Are Creating Confusion The technical and legal fact is that yes, undocumented inmates should receive benefits from the First Step Act and Second Chance Act, and can be placed in community confinement like a Halfway House. Assuming, of course, that the undocumented inmate’s offense allows qualification. However, case managers in the…
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What’s A Normal Monthly Spend Look Like? Under normal circumstances, without facing any kind of restrictions, an inmate is allowed to spend up to $360 per month within the BOP. However, many federal prisons are experiencing limits right now where inmates can only spend up to $25 per month on hygiene products. During an inmate’s…
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924(c)s And FSA: What About Revocation Of Supervised Release? If you’re a regular consumer of Federal Prison Tips content, you probably already know the answer: Nope. If you’re on a violation or revocation of supervised release and the original charge was a 924(c), you cannot get First Step Act credit. The BOP is not to…
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Do Incident Reports Or “Shots” Affect Me During My Sentence? The question really is – how could they not? It’s incredible how many inmates don’t think an incident report, also known as a “shot,” is serious business when it comes to their time. A shot in federal prison can affect your custody classification (sending you…
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Leaving In Style Normally, when you’re released from federal prison, you get on the bus in a gray sweatsuit and a mesh bag hanging over your shoulder. We recently had someone ask – can you send your loved one some different clothes to wear when they’re released? The answer is yes! But, you can’t just…
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If Your Loved One’s Case Manager Isn’t Doing Their Job, Should You Call? Calling your loved one’s case manager in federal prison is a horrible idea. We understand that when you have a loved one in federal prison, you want to advocate for them. Most men in federal prison go to their loved ones on…
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Conditions Are Terrible Everywhere – It’s A Problem Whether your loved one is at McKean, Florence, FPC Montgomery, Pensacola, Thompson, Beaumont, or Morgantown, whichever federal prison it is, we know is the absolute worst. As a company staffed by those who have been justice impacted, none of us discount for a second that your loved…
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Prison Yard Politics Are No Joke Our receptionists get calls from loved ones all the time who worry about what their loved one needs to do once they hit a federal prison yard. Who should they run with? Where should they spend their time? Where should they eat? What are the do’s and don’ts in…