Category: News
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High Court Shuts Down Both Rutherford and Fernandez The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a devastating double blow to federal prison reform, effectively locking the doors on thousands of inmates seeking a second chance at freedom. In two back-to-back 6-3 rulings, the Court’s conservative majority drastically narrowed the scope of “compassionate release” under the First Step…
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Navigating the Bureau of Prisons’ RDAP EarlyRelease Overhaul: What Inmates and FamiliesNeed to Know For individuals serving time in federal prison, the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) hashistorically served as a critical beacon of hope, offering a meaningful path toward rehabilitationand a substantial reduction in sentence length. Authorized under 18 U.S.C. § 3621(e), the programprovides…
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A New Era of Accountability: How the BOP’s New Lockdown Policy Impacts Federal Inmates For decades, the phrase “institution lockdown” inside the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) meant an indefinite suspension of basic human routines, often implemented at the sole discretion of local facility leadership. Under previous practices, a localized dispute could trigger a facility-wide…
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DOJ Quietly Approves 22 Individuals In “Beta Test” In February 2026 For more than three decades, Americans seeking to restore their federally prohibited firearm rights faced an absolute brick wall. Under 18 U.S.C. § 925(c), a mechanism technically existed allowing individuals to petition for relief from federal firearms disabilities. However, since 1992, Congress successfully killed…
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To Celebrate 250 Years Of America Trump To Grant 250 Pardons and Clemencies (multiple sources linked in this story) Last year there was a huge push for clemency that unfortunately did not materialize. This information came from an article on MSN.com, staffers at the Office of The Pardon Attorney and other highly placed sources. If…
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Former Federal Prison Correctional Officer Eric Speirs Sits Down With Former Federal Inmate Kyle Sandler for Ep 7 of Both Sides Of The Fence This episode of Both Sides Of The Fence is one you don’t want to miss. Former Federal Prison Correctional Officer Eric Speirs is outspoken. He’s one of those guys always championing…
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The United States Sentencing Commission Promulgates 2026 Amendments Leaving Ice and Career Offender Amendment Out In The Cold On April 16, 2026, the United States Sentencing Commission concluded its final public meeting for the current amendment cycle, moving forward with several key updates that will reshape federal sentencing. While the Commission successfully promulgated significant changes…
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Federal Prison Tips Founder Reveals Emergent Medical Need It may be because of my crime, or because of the things I learned from all of that Evidence Based Recidivism Reducing Programming and other Productive Activities that I participated in during my federal prison bid, but I have become ultra transparent in everything we do. While…
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From Bad To Worse: The Big Beautiful Bill Will Reduce Access To Healthcare In Prison There’s Beckley, Hazelton, Yankton, Beaumont, and so many more. More than two thirds of federal prisons across the country are in rural areas and rural communities. Some of the communities that house federal prisons rely on that prison for employment.…
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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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Shutdowns Affect Us All. Let’s Put A Stop To This. During federal government shutdowns, the pardon office is closed, courts are moving slower, and for ongoing cases, the government often asks for stays until the shutdown is over. No one, in any job role, likes to work without being paid. However, it should be noted…
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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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Strange Exceptions To The Rules, No Explanation – Yet Attorney General Pam Bondi has until the end of the month to explain why Ghislaine Maxwell is housed at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, with a sex offender charge and a 20 year prison sentence. According to statute and BOP policy, sex offenders and…
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Addressing One Rumor At A Time Every year, the United States Sentencing Commission makes amendments to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, and every years those amendments take effect on November 1st. Throughout the federal prison system, a rumor mill lovingly referred to as Inmate.com churns out information without a reliable source that adds endless confusion…
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More Former Inmates In Government – Could It Help Fix This Mess? Here’s something interesting for you. Just recently, Robert Arnold, also known as former Sheriff Robert Arnold of Rutherford, Tennessee, has declared his candidacy for Congress in Tennessee after a multi-decade career in law enforcement. Robert Arnold once plead guilty to wire fraud, Hobbs…
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Do We Really Need More ICE Agents? Or More Correctional Officers? The Bureau of Prisons recently posted the photos displayed in the above TikTok link on their Facebook page, showing federal prison officers doubling as ICE agents in the field. According to all available data, there’s a nationwide shortage of correctional officers in the federal…
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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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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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The Sale Continues – Today & Tomorrow Only! As some may know who have reached out to Federal Prison Tips for prison consulting services recently, we’ve been running a “secret sale” with prices discounted too steeply to advertise on the website long-term. After feedback from our fans and followers, we’ve extended this sale to those…