Category: Federal Prison
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Congresswoman Is Fed Up With BOP’s Management During Shutdown Congresswoman Summer Lee of Pennsylvania is demanding answers from the director of the federal prison system, William K. Marshall III. In a statement posted on her website today directed to the director of the BOP, the Congresswoman wants to know specifically if the quality of inmates’…
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A Quick Explanation We recently were asked in our Facebook group: “Do they have tablets in camps? Do they provide them or do you have to buy them?” You can join our Facebook group here. It’s active every single day with families in similar circumstances supporting each other and answering one another’s questions. Every security…
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We’re Sick of it. They Don’t Care. Today, there are over 75 federal prisons across the country that have essentially flipped the bird at Billy Marshall, Josh Smith, and Rick Stober’s demands to implement the First Step Act (FSA) and Second Chance Act (SCA) correctly. According to memos released by Billy Marshall, those federal prisons…
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Yep, Firing Ranges Few inmates mention this, but there is a scary reality that the majority of inmates experience while incarcerated in federal prison. Every federal prison complex in the country has a firing range. Some are located closer to the prison than others. Sometimes it’s off in the distance, other times it’s too close…
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Federal Prison System Removes Training Slides From Website On Thursday October 16, 2025 we ran the video above on Tiktok, Instagram, Youtube and Facebook. The somewhat aggressive video highlights several institutions that are still refusing to follow the directives that Federal Prison Director William K. “Billy” Marshall III, issues on June 17, 2025 that directed…
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These Forms May Help You Advocate For Your Inmate in Federal Prison Separating from a loved one who is beginning their journey in federal prison can be very tough. What makes it even harder is it’s nearly impossible for a loved one on the street to advocate for someone behind the fence. The Bureau of…
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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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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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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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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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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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Evidence Has Shown For a Decade That Longer Sentences Don’t Reduce Crime On Monday Lisa Legal moved this story about new legislation proposed in Congress to combat crime in Washington DC. The world has seen that President Trump has moved the National Guard into our nation’s capital, and 4 other United States cities to help…
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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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It Generally Varies By Security Level There are primarily three different types of housing in federal prison, starting with the open dorm. You’ll see open-air dormitory housing in satellite camps and dedicated minimum security facilities. These kinds of arrangements consist of one big room with bunk beds in several rows. Each inmate in a federal…
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First Step Act Applies To Everyone, But Not All Benefits Can Be Earned There’s a very nuanced point that we need to stress, which some case managers don’t fully understand: everyone in federal prison is eligible for the First Step Act. What we mean is this: The First Step Act covers a wide range of…