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  • Do Federal Inmates Have To Work?

    Do Federal Inmates Have To Work?

    The original question came from a Quora post in the prison channel. Do inmates have to work? I don’t necessarily know the answer for state prisons but I can tell you that in Federal Prison if you are serving your time at a “work camp” (a minimum security facility) or a work compound (low, medium…

  • BOP Leaving Huge Opportunity On The Table

    BOP Leaving Huge Opportunity On The Table

    In 2022 the BOP rolled out tablets with Keefe. Tablets are available to inmates for around $125 from commissary. The tablet is called the SCORE7c which stands for: Secure Commitment to Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry device, holds more mp3s than the mp3 player. The SCORE7c allows inmates to play games, rent movies (by connected transfer)…

  • But The Judge Sentenced Me To RDAP

    But The Judge Sentenced Me To RDAP

    When you’re standing up at sentencing and the Judge makes a recommendation for RDAP, a specific prison or any other recommendation he or she may make, that’s just it, it’s a recommendation. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is not bound to any “recommendation” that the judge makes. They often times take it under advisement…