FEDERAL PRISON NEWS, UPDATED WEEKLY.

* FSA CONDITIONAL PLACEMENT DATES ARE NOW CREDITED FROM THE START. THE DEVIL IS IN ITS IMPLEMENTATION.  STACKING THE FSA AND SCA CREDITS TOWARD EARLY RELEASE TO HH OR HC. Clemency Pay-to-Play? – Update for October 30, 2025 Trump’s Efforts to Minimize
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FEAR – THE INDICTMENT – A SURREAL MOMENT

PANIC – ANGER – “THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING”  * HOW DO YOU COUNTER THE INITIAL FEAR AND PANIC OF THE UNKNOWN? * Find a Group or Someone To Talk To Someone Who’s Been Through This – You’re Not Alone * ⇓ This
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STARTING 6/2025: HOME CONFINEMENT FOR THOSE ELIGIBLE – IS NOT DEPENDENT ON RRC BED AVAILABILITY

HOME CONFINEMENT  THIS 6/17/2025 PRESS RELEASE APPEARS TO HAVE SOME TEETH BEHIND IT ONLY TIME WILL TELL  *   GETTING INTO THE DETAILS OF THE SECOND CHANCE ACT If your sentence is > 60 mo (5 yrs) = last 6 mo on home confinement. If
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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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