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RDAP is a voluntary, nine-month, 500-hundred hour program. In 1994, Congress granted the Bureau of Prisons to give up to a one-year reduction of a prisoner’s sentence, and authorize 6-months in the halfway house or home confinement. This provision was for non-violent prisoners who successfully completed RDAP. RDAP is the only program that provides for early reduction. RDAP embraces a comprehensive and intensive therapeutic community model focused on substance abuse, addiction, criminal thinking patterns, coping skills and more. Further, besides the therapeutic model, three groups of treatment are covered: small, module and self help groups. Schedule a call below to learn more, and be apart of the 10% who get into RDAP and complete the program.
September 5, 2016
From: Justin Paperny, Author of Lessons From Prison & Ethics in Motion.
Recently, I received a call from Alice. Her husband John, a former doctor, is serving 60 months in prison for insurance fraud. Shortly before Alice called me, John called to tell her he had officially been denied access into the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). He would serve an extra year in prison. Upon John’s surrender, Alice told me, he learned about RDAP. He then took aggressive steps, including paying a consultant, to try to get in.
Through my interview with Alice, I learned that John failed to disclose his alcohol and substance abuse in his Presentence investigation interview (PSR).
Like many white-collar offenders, John felt that opening up about his substance and alcohol use would make him appear unfavorably before the court, and lead to further complications. He was also too embarrassed to open up about it. Upon his surrender, John learned that had he honestly disclosed his issues, and collected the proper evidence, he would have qualified for RDAP and been released from prison 18 months early.
John begged the Drug Program Abuse Coordinator to let him in. Again and again, he was denied. Like many of us trapped in struggle, John wanted a do over.
What Should John Have Done To Prepare For RDAP?
To begin, rather than embrace transparency, John tried to trick prison administrators.
He retained a consultant who told him (after his fee was paid) that he would find a counselor willing to write a letter stating that John had problems with alchohol. From there the letter would be sent to the Drug Program Abuse Counselor. Essentially, this consultant told John and Alice they didn’t “have to really do anything” and that “all their problems would be fixed,” if they paid.
These types of consultants who offer “guarantees” or who mislead to generate an income, sickens me. Additionally, telling someone they can get out of prison up to 24-months early without effort or work, is a lie. Look, if you are expecting to “do nothing and get 24-months off your prison term” we aren’t for you. Our reputation is too important. I have corporate clients like KPMG, Wells Fargo, Mutual of Omaha and hundreds more for a reason.
Fox News, CNBC, ABC, and The Esquire Network use White Collar Advice as a resource for a reason. I embrace transparency and the facts. Those that sell the “guarantee” or “do nothing to get a desired return” are like the guys who tell you you can have six pack abs by taking a pill while eating donuts on your coach.
Before showing up unprepared for his interview with the drug abuse counselor in prison, John should have regrouped. While we know that he was too embarrassed or scared to disclose his substance abuse in his PSR, his inability to explain and sell why he truly had a problem to the Drug Abuse Program Coordinator, cost him dearly.
What 4 Mistakes Get Defendants Denied Access To RDAP?
- error1: They rely on outdated information
- error2: They rely on misinformation
- error3: They have inadequate evidence
- error4: They can’t articulate their history of abuse in a logical way. Offering clichés and buzzwords no longer works with the BOP.
What Evidence Actually Gets You Into RDAP?
We work with our clients to gather letters from doctors, a mental health professional or drug abuse treatment provider. Certainly, we can make a referral to a quality professional if you need one. The evidence we compile also includes a first person narrative to properly explain the whole history of your substance abuse.
Our narrative, together with the evidence we collect will:
- check_circleDocument your history of abuse
- check_circleShow the pattern of your problems
- check_circleExplain how you have built up a tolerance
- check_circleDocument withdrawal symptoms
- check_circleDisclose how your abuse contributed to your problems with the law
- check_circleLay out the timeline to prove your problems existed 12 months before your arrest of indictment
If you are willing to work what are some benefits of completing RDAP?
Besides the obvious time off, you will:
Save at least $100,000 a year.
The Math:
$400 a month (to live well in prison) × 18 months is around $10,000.
More important, you will be home earning an income and with your family. Taken as a whole that should be at least $100,000.
Additionally, many clients find value in the core modules, the accountability RDAP helps teach and in learning to better understand the decisions that led them to substance abuse and prison.
More than 90% of my clients are pleasantly surprised at how much they learned from RDAP.
Future RDAP video course guides will cover:
- play_circleRules of RDAP (written/unwritten)
- play_circleTemplates of evidence narratives
- play_circleDisadvantages of RDAP
- play_circleTypical Day in RDAP
- play_circle3 phases of RDAP
- play_circleProgram Modules & Structure
- play_circleCourse Materials & Phases
- play_circleHow to avoid retaking a phase
- play_circleTDAT transitional rules
- play_circleAnd more!
“Before I went to prison Justin told me all about how I could take a year off my sentence plus get guaranteed halfway house time by taking RDAP. Most importantly, he advised me on what I needed to do prior to my incarceration to ensure admittance into the program. With Justin’s help, I have since successfully completed the program and will release soon, having served exactly half of my 50 month sentence (with reductions for RDAP, guaranteed halfway house, and good time).”
Leigh Sprague
Columbia Law School, Class of '99
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My team and I look forward to helping you both get into and complete the Bureau of Prisons Residential Drug Abuse Program.
Best,
Justin Paperny
jp@whitecollaradvice.com
P.S. Some additional items I will send you once you schedule a call:
- •1: A copy of my book, Lessons From Prison, which has the exact blueprint I used to rebuild my life in prison
- •2: Our newest Prison Gone Bad class which explains why most defendants stay “stuck” and don’t have a productive prison experience
- •3: Our newest video we would never post on YouTube titled, 6 Mistakes That Will Get You Thrown Out of RDAP
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