Category: Inmate Life
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Award Winning Documentary About Former Federal Inmate Cindy Shank Highlights The Problems with Biden’s Mandatory Minimums This morning I took 86 minutes of my life to watch the most important movie I have ever seen. The movie, The Sentence, is an award winning documentary about the plight of Cindy Shank a mother of three beautiful…
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3 Things That Will Help You Survive Federal Prison For some, heading to Federal Prison will be a complete culture shock. White collar criminals specifically, come from all different walks of life, but typically, many of them are used to having power and stature. When they get to Federal prison though, they’re just like everyone…
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During the first part of my Federal Prison bid (years 1-5) I was a cut up. It took a little while for me to get adjusted. During my time at FPC Montgomery I received 7 smoking shots, 1 cell phone shot and a shot for something within my “lifestyle”. It’s these behaviors which caused me…
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There are two very important “Scores” when it comes to Federal Inmates. The first important score is the “custody score”. An inmate’s custody score is made up of 11 different factors including things like age, charge, history of violence, education level and living skills. The factors in a custody score are calculated and then a…
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This was a question that was asked in the Quora Prison Life group and it’s rather ridiculous. The Quora user is referring to food that is served in an institutions Food Service or “Chow Hall”. While there isn’t too much protein in the chow hall their is some. What the Quora user might not understand…
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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…
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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)…
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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…