Fri May 9, 2008 5:14 am (PDT) http://federaltimes .com/index. php?S=3515757 Federal prison industries program expects to lose millions in sales By ELISE CASTELLI May 08, 2008 The federal program that sells office furniture and other products made from prison labor expects to lose millions of dollars in sales because of a new law, officials told… Continue reading Industries Program
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Fed Parole Form
Parole Form I24 Something most overlooked, which is somewhat of a BOP oversight, is the I 24, Parole application itself. http://www.justice.gov/uspc/forms/formi24.pdf If you read it verbatim, it allows for the request of all material they will be considering or redacted but summarized versions of non-disclosable material. I was always under the impression a FOIA was… Continue reading Fed Parole Form
BOP FOIA
I have received confidential reports that an extended period of violence across the upper-security BOP System throughout the Winter is but the tip of a contraband drug-related war developing along racial (gang) lines that, without senior BOP intercession, seems likely to explode in the very near future. These confidential reports indicate that violence has thus… Continue reading BOP FOIA
Lawyer Sues
Lawyer who served time sues prisons Tony Serra, the lawyer who inspired the 1989 movie True Believer,’served 10 months at Lompoc for failing to pay his income taxes. (IJ archive) Attorney J. Tony Serra is filing a class-action civil lawsuit against the federal Bureau of Prisons, saying the system forces inmates to work at slave… Continue reading Lawyer Sues
Second Chance
http://www.pr- usa.net/index. php? option=com_content& task=view& id=96655& Itemid=9 Breaking Federal Prison News: President Bush Signed Into Law ‘The Second Chance Act of 2007’ (PRWEB) April 10, 2008 — Federal Prison Consultants, LLC summarizes below “The Second Chance Act of 2007” into potential release benefits for federal prison and some state prison inmates and is available as… Continue reading Second Chance
Federal Deaths
2/16/08 The articles below appear to reveal what is still going on today. Flo, PAPA 2/15/08 Another Beaumont inmate killed By FRED DAVIS , The Enterprise The FBI is investigating the second homicide in three months at the maximum security U.S. Penitentiary in Beaumont, but the dead inmate’s family is frustrated with the lack of… Continue reading Federal Deaths
P S I
Understanding the Federal Pre-sentence Investigation Report By: Michael G Santos 10/28/2001 A description of the pre-sentence investigation, the report that it generates, and steps offenders ought to take to ensure its accuracy. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) After a conviction, the next important event in the criminal justice machine is the pre-sentence investigation. This procedure,… Continue reading P S I
Guard Locked Up
Ex-Correction captain locked up in beating of inmate shrugs off cell and rap Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:17:57 EDT Ex-Correction captain locked up in beating of inmate shrugs off cell and rap ============ ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= ========= == BY JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER http://www.nydailyn ews.com/news/ ny_crime/ 2008/06/25/ 2008-06-25_ excorrection_ captain_locked_… Continue reading Guard Locked Up
Fed Guards Vest
Prison Guards to be issued Vests Prison guards to be issued vests Bureau changes policy after slaying of Atwater officer. By Michael Doyle / Bee Washington Bureau _http://www.fresnobe http://wwwhttp: //www.frhttp_ (http://www.fresnobe e.com/263/ story/726433. html) WASHINGTON — Under a new Bureau of Prisons policy, guards at high-security federal prisons will now be provided the kind of… Continue reading Fed Guards Vest
Failure of Prison Rape Elimination Act
PREA Delay Pulling the Teeth from the Prison Rape Elimination Act Delay, defy, defang When the United Nations Committee Against Torture appraised America’s justice system in 2006, it had special praise for the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), a 2003 law that called for “zero-tolerance” toward sexual abuse in detention facilities and established a set… Continue reading Failure of Prison Rape Elimination Act