Category: Discipline
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You Know You Can’t Run Forever, Right? Often, Kyle Sandler, founder of Federal Prison Tips, gets asked: was it worth it to run? Why? Because he was on the run for 17 months to evade prosecution. He used to think running was worth it, and that he got sentenced correctly considering the totality of his…
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Criminal Indictments Potentially Involve LeBron James Recent reports have indicated that Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat Player Terry Rozier, and former NBA player Damon Jones have all been indicted in two separate indictments alleging crimes related to sports betting and an illegal poker game. The two indictments report criminal activity spanning 11…
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Back in 2014, the Miami Herald published a story highlighting how Correctional Officer Cornelius Thompson was fired from the Department of Corrections in Florida for contributing to the death of an inmate after forcing him into a scalding hot shower. This is the same Cornelius Thompson who was escorted off the compounds at FCC Coleman…
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The First Step Act (FSA) was the most significant prison reform bill in over three decades. Many inmates in federal prison, and their loved ones on the outside, don’t realize exactly how lenient FSA is about allowing inmates in federal prison to earn time off their sentences. It’s not policy – the First Step Act…
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Remember, Your Job Is Not To Punish Inmates We recently saw a post on TikTok from a recently hired prison guard seeking advice. This person also happened to be young, which means starting on the right foot and finding positive influences is even more important. Here’s what we have to say about that. If you’re…
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Without A Doubt, The Answer Is Yes If an inmate gets a shot, the colloquial term for an incident report after breaking a rule, they will lose their halfway house placement date. Once an inmate has been given their halfway house placement date, it’s time more than ever to cut the crap and stay on…
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Guidelines Amendments That Could Make Waves Most people think cutting your time after a federal prison sentence means you have to “snitch,” either providing information that leads to an arrest, testifying in court, or both. And, for years, a sentence reduction pursuant to 5K1.1 meant exactly that. But, there is a sentencing guideline amendment proposed…
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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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We wonder all the time: why do so many inmates feel compelled to go sideways on their case manager? When it comes to individual positions and authority, the warden and the captain of any given prison might have the most power and influence over day-to-day prison life. But, it’s your case manager who has the…
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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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Seen here and in the video above is the sentencing guideline table. If you’re headed to federal prison or just recently got indicted in the federal court, it’s important to know that the sentencing guideline table is not what determines the security level of the institution in which you’ll be incarcerated. This only determines how…
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Where Do Judges Draw The Line In Early Termination Of Probation? Some will tell you if you still owe restitution, you can’t get off federal supervision early. But as a matter of fact, we just recently saw one of our motions for this exact request granted in the Southern District of Texas. Not only that,…
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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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Is It The Case Managers’ Fault? Or, The Halfway House? We all know now about the recent guidance issued by Director Billy Marshall, who plainly stated that FSA and SCA benefits are meant to be stacked when calculating an inmate’s release date to halfway house or home confinement. Case managers are being reported from all…
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Why Is Their Conviction Rate So High? Are the feds really that good? How do they have a 96% conviction rate? Does the FBI, DEA, Homeland Security, and all other federal agencies really have the best investigators in the world? Is that why they have a 96% conviction rate and why there are 155,000 inmates…
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Cash App Payments, Legality, & If We Accept Them You’ve probably heard from other TikTok creators in the prison space that you can go to prison for sending or receiving cash app payments from somebody in prison, whether it’s state or federal prison. The truth is, there’s no actual law on the books in regards…
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So, What’s the Deal? Can the First Step Act, or FSA, get an inmate in federal prison under a mandatory minimum? Yes. For instance, if you got a mandatory minimum on a drug conspiracy for 10 years without a firearm or a leadership role, you would be fully FSA eligible. You will also benefit from…
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Who Benefits From Keeping Inmates Locked Up? There’s lots of misinformation floating around inside prison walls, and these “facts” get used to justify observations made by the BOP. Inmates have nothing else to do, and think they know what they’re talking about, then start passing around theories as truth. We’re here to set the record…
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Mind Your P’s and Q’s Federal Prison Tips is the largest influencer network in the federal prison space on social media, bar none. We have 5 million views every month between Instagram and Tiktok. Whether you’re an inmate in federal prison or a staff member at a federal prison, please read this article carefully. Why?…