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Table of Contents
(Taken at FCI Ashland KY)
Have you ever wondered about any of these things?
What can the wife wear to visiting and how can you increase your chances of getting in on the first try?
What can I do if I was a former cop, Congressman, actor, doctor, lawyer or sex offender?
(I've counseled all of them at one time or another)
What do you tell people and how can you explain it to your kids?
What are the differences between camps, lows, mediums, and high security?
Can I get a furlough or a transfer?
Handcuffs and strip searches, some real tips.
What happens to you when you get there?
How do you prepare and what can you take with you?
How much of your time are you really going to do?
Tell me about the showers and bathrooms.
Do I have to be in a cell?
How do you get into RDAP the drug program?
What is a normal day like, from the time you get up until you go to bed?
How do you keep the other inmates from hurting you or taking advantage of you?
Am I going to be safe?
What if I snitched?
What are the Corrections Officers, staff and the Warden really like?
How much money do you need and why?
How do you get it there?
How do the Commissary and Telephones work?
How can you double your Commissary spending in the first 30 days?
What do I need to buy?
Inmate Financial Responsibility, which is paying your fines in Prison and what they can and can’t do it you.
What shouldn’t you say on the phone and why?
What does the phone cost?
Is there eMail?
Tell me about what kind of mail you can and cannot get and do they read it or not?
What kind of clothes do I get to wear?
How does the black market work in prison?
What kind of jobs are there and do you have to work?
How can you get a job that doesn’t suck as bad (they all suck – Checking to see if you are reading this)?
How much can you make working in Prison?
What is the SHU or the Hole, how do you get there, and how can you stay out?
What do you do to pass the time, recreation?
Are there movies, library, how does the TV system work?
Can I go to church?
How do they keep track of you?
Can we send photos home or get pictures taken with family?
Can I exercise and what facilities are there; are there weights?
When can I get on the internet?
What do I do about haircuts?
Can I get my prescription medication?
What is medical, dental, vision, psychiatric treatment like?
When and what do we get to eat?
What does a weekly menu look like?
What is visiting like and what can visitors bring with them?
How do people get permission to visit you?
What kind of other people are there in prison with you?
Can you trust the others?
How do you file complaints?
How can you get an emergency message out?
What is Christmas and New Year’s like in Prison?
What is it like flying on ConAir?
What is Diesel Therapy?
What is halfway house life like?
What is “supervised release”?
How can I not screw something up and get sent back to Prison?
Plus answers to a whole lot more..............
If you can think of a question, we can answer it...........
Look at the Table of Contents below:
The Family, Everyone Else, and How to Break the News to Them_ 6 What do your friends think of you now?_ 7 Institutions, Violence, and Your Safety_ 10 Chapter 2: Know What I Heard?_ 22 The Second Chance Act of 2007_ 22 Special Prisons Just for Snitches 23 Special Treatment for White-Collar Offenders 24 Trading Military Time for Prison Time_ 25 Social Security Checks for Being in Prison_ 27 S&M- Shackles and Manacles; Getting cuffed_ 36 Keep in Touch When Traveling_ 38 Misconduct, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse_ 40 You MUST Respect Others and Their Property_ 44 Duke, George, Jim, Alaska, and the Luge_ 59 Do They Know Who You Are??_ 63 Chapter 6: Procedures Here in Federal Prison_ 64 Counts, Accountability, and Signouts 67 Shots, Copouts, and the BPs 71 Inmate Financial Responsibility Program_ 78 Restitution and Child Support 84 For the Visitor and What the Ladies can Wear to Visiting_ 90 Computers, Email, and Internet Access 102 Making Your Bunk and Getting a Room_ 104 How to Spend Double in the First 30 Days 127 Medical Care and Prescription Medication_ 130 Bathrooms, Showers and the Washer 137 Chapter 9: Work, RDAP, Recreation, Education, and Religion_ 146 Economic System in Prison_ 152 Residential Drug Rehab Program_ 156 Movies, the Library, and Typing_ 165 Chapter 10: Things You Shouldn’t Do_ 172 Stealing Food from the Kitchen_ 179 Stealing from Fellow Inmates 182 If You Used to be a Real Lawyer, Cop, Politician, or a Celebrity_ 184 Chapter 11: Thinking of Getting Out?_ 188 Release for Non-Federal Legal Cases 188 Furloughs and Compassionate Release_ 188 Getting Out Early, Transfers, Etc 191 Chapter 12: Spending Time on the Inside 196 Here is How They Teach You to Treat the Handicapped_ 196 Chapter 13: Leaving This Place 222 Preparing to Leave FCI Morgantown_ 222 Federal Transfer Center at Oklahoma City_ 226 Chapter 14: The Halfway House 235 Direct Release to Home Confinement 236 Getting to the Halfway House_ 236 Life at the Halfway House_ 237 Chapter 15: Back to the Street 240 Supervised Release (Paper) 240 Home Inspection and Searches 241 Stay Away from Other Felons 244 Getting Off Supervised Release Early_ 249 Chapter 1: Before You Get In_ 1
Chapter 7: Communications with the Outside World_ 86