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Use these criminal defense lawyer consultation questions/script when interviewing lawyers. Print it, bring it to every consultation, and don’t apologize for asking […]

Hardly a week passes without someone getting sentenced to prison—usually to more time than they expected. They walk out of the courthouse, […]

When I surrendered to federal prison in April 2008, restitution wasn’t my focus. I was a former Bear Stearns and UBS broker […]

BOP visiting rules are strange, I know. Several months into my federal sentence, my mom came to visit. Usually she’d arrive around […]

If you’re preparing for sentencing, the federal probation interview is where people either help themselves or quietly hurt themselves. Not because probation […]

Summary: SSI and Medicare Federal Prison Rules Explained When someone in their 60s or 70s is sentenced to federal prison, the fear […]

Federal prison preparation means taking deliberate steps to minimize your sentence, prepare for incarceration, and position yourself for success during and after […]

The Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) is a federal prison treatment program that can reduce your sentence by up to 12 months […]

Federal prison self-surrender means reporting to your designated facility on the date ordered by the judge and United States Marshalls rather than […]

The First Step Act allows eligible federal prisoners to earn time credits toward early release by participating in evidence-based recidivism reduction programs […]

I’ve been to more than 1,500 sentencing hearings. They start to sound the same after a while. “Yeah, I bilked the government […]