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The free encyclopedia of the U.S. federal prison system: 158 offender profiles, Bureau of Prisons facility guides, and a plain-English glossary of federal law and prison life.

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The Federal Process

How a federal case moves from charge to sentence.

• [[Overview of the U.S. Criminal Justice Process|The criminal justice process]]
• [[Grand Jury Proceedings and Indictments|Grand juries & indictments]]
• [[Plea Agreements and Trial Procedures|Plea agreements & trial]]
• [[Federal Sentencing Guidelines and Offense Enhancements|Sentencing guidelines]]
• [[Self-Surrender Checklist]]
• [[Category:Federal Offenses|Federal offenses]]

[[Federal Criminal Law|All of federal criminal law →]]

Life Inside 60+ terms

Programs, work, and daily life in plain English.

• [[Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP)|RDAP drug program]]
• [[Special Housing Units (SHU)|The SHU]]
• [[Commissary Operations and Inmate Accounts|Commissary & money]]
• [[UNICOR (Federal Prison Industries)|UNICOR prison jobs]]
• [[TRULINCS|Email & calls (TRULINCS)]]
• [[Federal Prison Security Levels|Security levels explained]]

[[Popular Prison Terminology|Full glossary →]]

Reentry & Release

Time credits, coming home, and clearing the record.

• [[First Step Act|The First Step Act]]
• [[Recalculation of Earned and Good Time Credits|Good time credits]]
• [[Residential Reentry Centers (RRC)|Halfway houses (RRC)]]
• [[Supervised Release]]
• [[Compassionate Release]]
• [[Expungement and Record Sealing|Expungement & record sealing]]

[[Category:Pardoned|Pardons & clemency →]]

Facilities 130+ institutions

By who they house

• [[Category:Women's Facilities|Women’s facilities]]24
• [[Category:Men's Facilities|Men’s facilities]]123

By security level

• [[Category:Minimum-Security Facilities|Minimum security · camps]]58
• [[Category:Low-Security Facilities|Low security]]34
• [[Category:Medium-Security Facilities|Medium security]]31
• [[Category:High-Security Facilities|High security · USPs]]9
• [[Category:Medical Facilities|Medical · FMC]]6
• [[Category:Closed Facilities|Closed facilities · historical]]6

[[Federal Prisons|All facilities & how security levels work →]]

Notable Cases 157 profiles

Federal cases: the charges, the sentence, the facility.

• [[Jordan Belfort]]
• [[Bernie Madoff]]
• [[Elizabeth Holmes]]
• [[Sam Bankman-Fried]]
• [[Martha Stewart]]
• [[Changpeng Zhao]]

Browse by type

• [[Category:White Collar Crime|White-collar crime]]65
• [[Category:Cryptocurrency Fraud|Cryptocurrency fraud]]7

[[Notable Cases|All notable cases →]]

Prison Consultants

What a federal prison consultant does, and who does it.

• [[Prison Consultants|What they do & how to choose]]
• [[Sam Mangel]]
• [[Christopher Zoukis]]
• [[Jack Donson]]
• [[Joel Sickler]]

[[Category:Prison Consultants|Consultant directory →]]