HOME CONFINEMENT: MORE CLARITY FROM THE NEW BOP DIRECTOR, WILLIAM MARSHALL III

** PRIORITIZING INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT NEED STRUCTURED SUPPORT – TO HC. 6/17/2025 FSA [First Step Act] and SCA [Second Chance Act], cumulatively applied in sequence to maximize prerelease custody. Residential Reentry Center (RRC) Bed Availability/Capacity Shall Not Be a Barrier to
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JOSHUA SMITH: FROM PARDONED FELON TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE BOP

Who is Joshua Smith – the next Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons? Joshua Smith spent five years behind bars in Kentucky for his involvement in drug trafficking, then in 2025, Smith was awarded a full pardon Wednesday by President
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DOJ INDICTMENTS, CIVIL OR CRIMINAL SHOULD BOTH BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

  I CAME ACROSS THIS ARTICLE FROM 1/2025, AND IT ALARMED ME. MANY BUSINESSES COULD, UNFORTUNATELY, FALL INTO THIS BUCKET.   Knowing the DOJ’s intentions up front allows you to argue for leniency if subjected to a federal investigation. Prosecutors are instructed to
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PRESENTENCE INTERVIEW PREPARED: NOW YOUR PROBATION OFFICER IS YOUR ADVOCATE. YOU’RE ONE STEP CLOSER TO PERSONALLY SPEAKING WITH YOUR JUDGE. ARE YOU PREPARED?

* IT DETERMINES YOUR ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE, SECURITY LEVEL, PLACEMENT, AND RELEASE DATE   * THIS IS YOUR LIFE: YOUR NARRATIVE, RELEASE PLAN, CHARACTER LETTER, AND ALLOCUTION A Don’t let panic paralyze you while facing your indictment. Allow yourself five minutes
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FCC Victorville Female Inmates Attend Community College

Completed Courses in Kinesiology, Chemistry, Algebra, and English * In January 2025, four courageous female inmates from SCP Victorville embarked on a transformative journey by attending community college. As the first federal inmates to step into a college environment outside of a
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OIG IDENTIFIES STAFFING SHORTAGES IN HEALTHCARE SERVICES, RESULTS: ‘MEDICAL-CARE DELAYED OR DENIED.’

2/2024, Evaluation of Issues Surrounding Inmate Deaths in Federal BOP Institutions9/26/2024, Inspection of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Federal Correctional Institution Lewisburg a In March 2023, Thornhill received an 80-month federal prison sentence for drug-related offenses. While serving time in Idaho in
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SEAN ‘Diddy’ COMBS FALL FROM GRACE. WHAT’S THE DEFENSE NEXT MOVE, AS HE LOSES ONE OF HIS DEFENSE TEAM.

FACING THE DOJ USUALLY DOESN’T HAVE AN “UP” SIDE. ONE HOPES HIS LAWYERS ARE THERE TO PROVIDE HONEST AND POSSIBLY DIFFICULT TRUTHS. SO FAR COUNSEL APPEARS TO BE DEFENDING HIS ACTIONS (i.e., SELLING OFF ASSETS,  SURRENDERING TO THE COURT), WHICH IS THEIR
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