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Table of Contents
(Taken at FCI Ashland KY)
Have you ever wondered about any of these things?
What about the "new mail" system coming into effect right now through the begining of 2009?
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?
Plus:
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?
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 What do your friends think of you now? Institutions, Violence, and Your Safety Chapter 2: Federal Prison Rumors Special Prisons Just for Snitches Special Treatment for White-Collar Offenders Trading Military Time for Prison Time The Federal Parole Bill or Early Release at 65% Served Social Security Checks for Being in Prison There are a Lot of People to Separate You From Your Money S&M- Shackles and Manacles; Getting cuffed Misconduct, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse You MUST Respect Others and Their Property Duke, George, Jim, Alaska, and the Luge Chapter 6: Procedures Here in Federal Prison Counts, Accountability, and Signouts Inmate Financial Responsibility Program Chapter 7: Communications with the Outside World Computers, Email, and Internet Access Making Your Bunk and Getting a Room How to Spend Double in the First 30 Days Medical Care and Prescription Medication Chapter 9: Work, RDAP, Recreation, Education, and Religion Residential Drug Rehab Program Movies, the Library, and Typing Chapter 10: Things You Shouldn’t Do Stealing Food from the Kitchen If You Used to be a Real Lawyer, Cop, Politician, or a Celebrity Chapter 11: Thinking of Getting Out? Release for Non-Federal Legal Cases Furloughs and Compassionate Release Getting Out Early, Transfers, Etc Chapter 12: Spending Time on the Inside Here is How They Teach You to Treat the Handicapped You May Be Out but It’s Not Over Yet