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Why Nietzsche Wrote for People Going To Federal Prison
“Who else you got?” a friend asked. “What do you mean?” I responded. “What other lessons can you share from dead philosophers?” […]
Justin Paperny
Jul 23, 2025
When Delay Becomes the Defining Choice
In the invitation for this week’s webinar, I joked that maybe we could get through one session without talking about prison, the […]
Justin Paperny
Jul 8, 2025
Robert Greene And The Men Who Wait
A few days ago, I was hitting golf balls with my son when I got a text from someone I hadn’t spoken […]
Justin Paperny
Jul 6, 2025
Action Solves Everything. But Can You Handle the Reaction?
“Did you read them?” a friend awaiting sentencing asked after sending me fifteen Rockefeller quotes last month. “Thank you for sending them. […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 29, 2025
Dignity Intact: What Michael Santos Taught Me About the Long Game
Someone new to our community asked me,“I got six years. How long will I serve?”“I have no idea”, I told him.“I can make […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 27, 2025
June 17 BOP Memo: What It Means for Early Release Under the First Step Act
Michael Santos Introduces the BOP Directive White Collar Advice: “Michael, as you know, the Bureau of Prisons issued another directive on June […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 26, 2025
What I Learned Re-Reading The Stranger—16 Years After Federal Prison
I first read The Stranger by Albert Camus in federal prison after my late friend Andrew Altchuk introduced me to it. I tried to […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 23, 2025
Oakdale Federal Prison Camp: Write More Than You Say
When Michael Santos handed me a blank notebook in federal prison, I thought it was a symbolic gesture. It wasn’t. It was […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 18, 2025
The Federal Prison Camp Record That Helped Cut a 30-Month Sentence Down to 6
A few minutes into Tuesday’s webinar, I asked Marcus a direct question: “You’ve been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison. What […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 18, 2025
Encore Webinar! BOP To Expand Home Confinement
That’s right—the Encore Webinar on the New BOP Directive! It’s not every day we revisit a topic this quickly, but the reaction […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 13, 2025
The BOP Memo on Home Confinement: Why the File—Not the Policy—Determines Who Goes Home
This webinar reflects the insight we’ve shared in dozens of posts, webinars, and training calls—including five recent blogs on the subject. All […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 3, 2025
Why the BOP Should Close Camps and Expand Home Confinement
I’ve lost count of how many people have told me they earned their time credits, stayed out of trouble, completed their programs, […]
Justin Paperny
Jun 3, 2025
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