Tucson Federal Prison Camp Prisoners On Lock Down Months After Attempted Shooting
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo January 16, 2023 Jaime [full name withheld] had not been feeling himself and was disconnected from the rest of the prisoners at USP Tucson satellite camp, a minimum security federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. He had only been in prison for 2 years on an 11-year sentence for drug and money laundering…
Read MoreWorking Out The Bugs On The Bureau Of Prisons’ First Step Act Calculator
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo January 16, 2023 This week, many federal prisoners found out that their First Step Act (FSA) credits, which had been incorrectly calculated by the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), were finally corrected. Thousands of low and minimum security prisoners were released as a result of their participation in programs and productive activities because…
Read MoreFederal Inmate Dies Choking On His Own Blood While Locked In Cell At FCI Miami
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo January 4, 2023 On December 12, 2022, FCI Miami Warden Samantha Serrano signed a letter to U.S. District Judge W. Louis Sands (Middle District of Georgia), which stated an inmate the judge had sentenced to prison had died while in custody. The letter read “This letter is to notify you of the…
Read MoreTzedek Association Worked the Halls of Congress to Push First Step Act into Law
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo January 16, 2023 It is the 4th anniversary of the First Step Act (FSA), one of the most meaningful criminal justice reforms in decades. While many people and organization rallied to bring about the historic law, the story of the driving forces behind its creation are not as well known. Rabbi Moshe…
Read MoreSam Bankman-Fried’s Indecisiveness Common With New Defendants
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo December 30, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former CEO of the crypto-trading platform FTX, has sent mixed messages about his legal moves. It is not uncommon for newly minted defendants, who are calling the shots, to waiver on what they will do next because they are in new territory. Bankman-Fried, by all…
Read MoreTucson Federal Prison Camp Prisoners On Lock Down Months After Attempted Shooting
Forbes.com Walter Pavlo January 16, 2023 Jaime [full name withheld] had not been feeling himself and was disconnected from the rest of the prisoners at USP Tucson satellite camp, a minimum security federal prison in Tucson, Arizona. He had only been in prison for 2 years on an 11-year sentence for drug and money laundering…
Read MoreFederal Bureau of Prisons Set To End Home Confinement Under CARES Act
The White House is planning to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, 2023, marking the end of various programs including one that allowed federal prisoners to serve a portion of their prison term on home confinement. Starting in early 2020, COVID-19 changed our lives. For those who were prisoners during the pandemic, the Federal…
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