Study Yourself First: Why Montaigne Belongs in Federal Prison Camp In the first blog in this series, I shared why Montaigne’s advice—“Don’t worry about death”—helped… Read More
The Home Confinement You Think You’re Earning Might Never Happen Someone in our community sent a message last month. He believed he was weeks away… Read More
Don’t Worry About Prison: Montaigne’s Guide to Mastering Time in a Federal Camp One of my favorite books is How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne by… Read More
Think You Deserve Early Release? Prove It With This I stood outside a case manager’s office years ago watching a guy plead his case.… Read More
FBI to Defendants: Cooperation Is Not Enough Cooperation Alone Won’t Keep You Out of Prison Three years ago, this defendant signed his… Read More
The BOP May Be Expanding Home Confinement—But You Still Might Stay in Prison Longer Glenn Hudson had already been home for months by the time the Bureau of Prisons… Read More
Insights from A Retired BOP Warden How a 50-Year BOP Veteran Expects You to Earn Leniency A retired BOP warden, Art… Read More
Why the Chrisley Pardon Matters—Even If It Upsets You The day Todd and Julie Chrisley surrendered to federal prison, I told their daughter Lindsie… Read More
Does Preparing Early Make You Look Guilty? What Federal Agents Really Think A kid from San Diego called me this morning. Early 20s. First-time offender. Scared, but… Read More