Author: Razorwire Media
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Colette Peters Is In The Congressional Hot Seat
Oregon’s Four Congressmen and 2 Senators Call For Swift Answers From BOP Director Peters It was widely reported last week that the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) led by Michael Horowitz, released the findings of two unannounced inspections of FCI Sheridan. These two inspections took place in November and December of 2023. Ms. Peters…
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Chevron Decision Could Be Big For First Step Act
Supreme Court To Decide Chevron Decision’s Fate This Summer and it could be big for the First Step Act The First Step Act of 2018 was the first significant prison reform legislation passed by Congress in nearly two decades. The bi-partisan legislation allows Federal inmates to earn “earned time credits” by participating in Evidence Based…
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Booker and Others Challenge Slave Labor In Prisons
Senate Probe Over “slave labor” in Federal Bureau of Prisons Facilities For many of the Bureau of Prisons nearly 160,000 federal inmates having a job is not an option. The Bureau of Prisons operates several “work camps” and “work compounds” across the country where inmates who are capable of having jobs, but refuse to work,…
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5 Things That Have Changed in the last 5 years
There are several good prison consultants to choose from. The prison consultant you use to navigate the road of Federal Prison, will depend on your case, your needs and your finances. But one thing that you need to be aware of is how long the consultant has been removed from the Federal Prison system. Also,…
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Finding The Best Prison Consultant
If you or your loved one is headed to Federal Prison it’s been a life changing event. You’re on an emotional roller coaster not sure where it’s going to land. You have to worry about the kids, jobs, money, bills, houses, cars and yourself or your loved one. One of the best things you can…
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What Is The Federal Prison Oversight Act
House Passes Bi-Partisan Federal Prison Oversight Act On Tuesday the House of Representatives passed Senator John Ossoff’s bipartisan “Federal Prison Oversight Act. Orsoff and other’s including Senators Dick Durbin, Chuck Grassley and Cory Booker have been pushing for better oversight of the agency that came in dead last in a recent survey of the best…
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Billionaire Greg Lindberg Headed Back To Federal Prison
While I was at FPC Montgomery on the Maxwell Air Force Base from 2018-2021 I lived in the same housing unit as billionaire insurance mogul Greg Lindberg. Lindberg had been convicted of bribing North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey after the 2016 election according to the Carolina Journal. Lindberg was out on pre-trial originally when…
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Bureau of Prisons Ranks Last Again
Director Peters Promised Change. Bureau of Prisons Comes In Last Second Year In A Row It’s May 22, 2024 which means it’s time once again for the annual ranking of the best and worst places to work in the Federal Government. The report, published by the Partnership for Public Service, Ranks every single one of…
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Do Federal Inmates Have To Work?
The original question came from a Quora post in the prison channel. Do inmates have to work? I don’t necessarily know the answer for state prisons but I can tell you that in Federal Prison if you are serving your time at a “work camp” (a minimum security facility) or a work compound (low, medium…
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BOP Leaving Huge Opportunity On The Table
In 2022 the BOP rolled out tablets with Keefe. Tablets are available to inmates for around $125 from commissary. The tablet is called the SCORE7c which stands for: Secure Commitment to Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry device, holds more mp3s than the mp3 player. The SCORE7c allows inmates to play games, rent movies (by connected transfer)…