Category: Post Conviction Relief
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About Compassionate Release 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) Compassionate release is codified in law at 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) and described in section 1B1.13 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines. It’s a set of rules which provides inmates an avenue to file a motion seeking a change in their sentence from their sentencing judge based on a prescribed…
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Clemencies In 2025 Kyle from Federal Prison Tips is back in Washington, meeting with officials about clemency applications. First things first – back on June 5th, 2025, the Director of the Federal Prison System, Billy Marshall, updated the BOP programming statement around clemency. It clarifies that an inmate’s case manager must submit clemency applications for…
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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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A Recap On Our Phone Policy Many families have reached out to say they’ve tried calling our office and nobody answers. Let’s make sure you’re calling the right number – we have 11 full time employees here at Federal Prison Tips, all of whom have been to federal prison. Several of them answer our phones…
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The “30 Day Rule” For Compassionate Release Explained When trying to file a compassionate release motion as a defendant and as an inmate in federal prison, there’s a “30 day rule” that must be abided by before moving forward. The First Step Act of 2018 modified the compassionate release statute, 18 U.S.C. 3582(c)(1)(A) by allowing…
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Putting Together Your Appeal For Reduction of Sentence If you’re facing federal prison time and approaching the sentencing phase, filing a motion for sentence reduction, or working on a clemency packet, what should you include in letters to the judge? Or, alternatively, the President of the United States, or Pardon Czar Alice Marie Johnson, or…
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Many think a medical marijuana card is enough to excuse marijuana use during supervised release. There’s more to the story – just because you’re on the outside, you aren’t free from the system and its consequences. Medical Marijuana and Supervised Release Although marijuana is recreationally legal in several states and medically legal in even more,…
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We’ve had over 150 Early Terminations Granted In The Last Year, Over half the Probation Officer has Opposed. Just about every inmate that comes out of Federal Prison has a term of supervision after release. The supervision can be tricky, some POs are good but others aren’t so much. When you’re doing the things you’re…
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Federal Prison Tips Doesn’t Just Give Tips Off The Internet We Help Free People, Over 150 of them to date Federal Prison Tips is all about helping people, mostly “newbies” understand the federal prison process. What will they be facing as they go from federal court to federal prison? This is all based on the…
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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…