Category: Federal Prison
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With nearly 2 decades of major market radio experience and the successful launch of media sites like thedroidguy.com (the first ever consumer facing Android website in the world), nibletz.com (the voice of startups everywhere else) and Federal Prison Tips LLC, I have always been encouraged to do a podcast. With my own media experience I…
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What Are Some Of The Things You Should Get On Your First Trip To Commissary In Federal Prison All 121 Active Federal Prison Institutions have some sort of commissary. The commmissary is the store that inmates goto to pick up the things they need like hygeine products, first aid products, recreational clothing, under garments, food…
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Rod C was on his second federal prison bid and the government was strongly opposed to early termination, he was still granted based on the reply we helped him with.
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“Ineffective Assistance” Is a Favorite of Jailhouse Lawyers But Is It Really Effective? If you’re in Federal Prison reading this (we won’t report you like others) but you’re probably considering “ineffective assistance of counsel” or a 2255, but is that really effective? According to the latest Justice Department data and a search of real time…
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Too Many Federal Inmates Have Had This Happen To Them Finding yourself the defendant in a Federal Criminal Court Case may be one of the hardest things you’ll ever endure. Most likely you’ve heard the statistics, the government’s winning percentage is in the very high 90’s. Some say 98% others say 96%. Either one is…
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To Reach Federal Prison Tips Staff call 407-434-0175 When we started Federal Prison Tips, Federal Prison Consultants we never imagined we would grow so quickly. Today we see over 2 million views per month on TikTok, have a very active tiktoklive (Sundays at 8pm Eastern and Monday-Thursday at 6pm Eastern). To facilitate that we’ve needed…
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Yes in most states felons can vote check out this story at Federal Prison Tips to see how. you can vote
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After Doing Time Himself, Jelly Roll Gives Back To The Incarcerated Some celebrities support the justice impacted because they think it’s cool or the “in thing” to do. Not country and hip hop sensation Jelly Roll. The 39 year old, Jelly Roll, did time himself on drug charges and now goes an extra mile (or…
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Despite an outcry on the Internet Steve Bannon did not get out early on First Step Act because he wasn’t eligible for First Step Act Credit find out more at federalprisontips.com
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Acquitted Conduct Amendment Takes Effect November 1st, Many Don’t Understand What It is. After President Joe Biden took office he sat the first complete United States Sentencing Commission in over 7 years. During the preceeding 7 years, although the guideline manuals were continuously published, no significant changes had occured until 2022. In 2022 after the…
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Thousands of Inmates Have Been Held Well Beyond Their Conditional Release Date. On September 4, 2024, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) rolled out a new tool that they thought would really help both the case management divisions and most FSA eligible federal inmates. That’s not exactly how this went down. The Conditional Release date started…
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The U.S. Attorney and the Assistant U.S. Attorneys are not your friends. No matter how nice they seem, when they’re meeting with you or negotiating with your lawyer, they are not on your side. They are on the opposing side, the side of the United States Government. There are a lot of things that you…
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The Chase Bank Glitch and Sentencing Guidelines The Internet, well specifically TikTok and Instagram went crazy this weekend over something that scammers were dubbing “the Chase Bank Glitch”. Basically, Chase Bank’s computer systems for their ATMs were having some kind of problem negotiating the “float” which is how much money to give a customer at…
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FIrst Step Act Allows for “years and years” of RRC according to BOP Director Colette Peters (it’s in the above video). The First Step Act of 2018 is the first significant form of Prison Reform legislation in over three decades. The FSA allows for eligible inmates in federal custody to earn “earned time credits” against…
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If you’ve been on supervised release for a year or longer, haven’t gotten in any trouble with your probation officer, and have had no dirty UA’s (dirty drops), now is the time to consider filing for early termination of supervised release. Judges across the country are granting early terminations more liberally now than ever before…
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This is a Federal Prison Tips Excusive. Ashley Siclovan was an adult male in custody on the west coast. He started at Stafford in Arizona and finished at Victorville Medium, after being granted compassionate release by Federal District Court Judge Adrienne Nelson in the District of Oregon. Siclovan’s issues for compassionate release were simple. He…
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Humility Is One Of The Hardest Things For Many White Collar Offenders There are thousands of white collar offenders awaiting trial, sentencing and self report. Many of those offenders will be going to minimum security camps and low security prisons. But even in those spots, humility can be the toughest lesson for these kinds of…
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Great Wolf Lodge Employee Attempts To Have Oral S*x with 13 Year Old Guest. This story has me very conflicted, but only as a former federal inmate I have a hard time suggesting anyone needs prison time, that is except for those who touch children or attempt to have sex with them. This particular story…
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Here’s another pro tip for people heading to Federal Prison. If you’re here right now, it unfortunately means you’re probably looking at some time in Federal Prison. Here’s another pro tip for people heading to Federal Prison, especially those white collar, first time offenders. Do Your Time! It sounds simple enough, right? Well for some…
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The PSR Is The Bible For Court and The BOP One of the most important things someone facing Federal Prison will do is the “pre sentence investigation” interview. That interview will occur after plea or trial, and will allow for 72 days for the United States Probation Officer who does the interview, to compile the…