White Collar Advice Blog
BOP Visiting Rules: Avoid the Walmart Mistake
BOP visiting rules are strange, I know. Several months into my federal sentence, my mom came to visit. Usually she’d arrive around
How to Deal With Difficult Lawyers
Preface: How to Deal With Difficult Lawyers: Silence, Neglect, and the Cost Four months after my daughter Alyssa was born in 2014,
Self-Surrender Checklist: Top 10 Steps Before Federal Prison
If you’re self-surrendering to federal prison, you need to prepare. You need a self-surrender checklist that helps prepare you and helps handle
First Step Act Time Credits Update
Earlier today, on the Federal Bureau of Prisons website, I watched a video featuring Lauren Lambert interviewing Rick Stover, the BOP’s First
Learning the Ropes: First Days and Daily Structure in Federal Prison | Chapter 9
Learning the Ropes documents the first nights, intake procedures, schedules, and daily routines inside Taft Federal Prison Camp. Note: The chapter below
Asset Engineering: The Brutal DOJ Narrative | Chapter 1
The Day the Narrative Was Written (and You Didn’t Write It) Asset engineering begins the day your story changes. Most people don’t
The White Collar Advice blog helps people under investigation or facing federal sentencing understand the system, avoid mistakes that lead to longer sentences or tougher prison placements, and prepare for prison and reentry.
People under federal investigation, facing sentencing, or preparing for prison who want to build a documented record that shows they are different from the government’s one-sided version of events. Family members who want to understand the process and help a loved one prepare should read it too.
Yes. The blog is based on the combined experience of our team at White Collar Advice, including my time in the system, Michael Santos’s 26 years in federal prison, and the work we’ve done with thousands of people going through investigations, sentencing, and reentry. Everything comes from what we’ve seen and documented over many years.
These blogs teach you how to create assets that do not currently exist to influence cynical stakeholders, like a Federal Judge or Probation Officer.