By Ben Paynter January 31, 2011 Nothing makes you more powerful inside the joint than a strong grounding in currency arbitrage. Inmates in federal penitentiaries aren’t allowed to have actual money; family members can load up prison commissary accoun...
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Surviving White-Collar Prison By Teddy Wayne October 27, 2011 Introduction You’ve experienced a career setback. But there’s good news: You’ve been deemed not to pose a violent threat! This means you can take showers in relative peace. With the right preparation, you’ll be in a halfway house ...
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by paapeseed in Life - January 25, 2012 I have to admit that knowing someone who is in prison has really changed my perspective on the legal system in general. It may come as no surprise, but police, courts, lawyers, jail, inmates, prison - it's not anything like it is on prime-time TV. Usua...
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By Michael Santos Self-surrendering to federal prison is never easy, but I can help by providing some insight with regard to what a person can expect. I know a great deal about living in prison because I’ve been incarcerated continuously since 1987. I’ve been confined in four federal prison cam...
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BY CHUCK SALTER |AUGUST 31, 2002 David Novak did time as a white-collar crook at Eglin Federal Prison Camp, aka Club Fed. Now he advises first-time felons on how to survive life on the inside. Hey, Ken and Jeff (and Bernie and Sam and Dennis), would you like his number? "Throw the bums i...
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David Novak made 11 cents an hour baking bread during his stay at Eglin Federal Prison Camp in Florida. Now he makes a nice living advising white-collar felons on what to expect on the inside. Read on. It might keep your CEO scared straight. BY CHUCK SALTER | AUGUST 31, 2002 As a first-time f...
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October 2, 2008 by N. Joseph Potts At first blush, incarceration would seem to involve a loss of physical mobility – you have to stay in the prison all day and all night. You can’t go anywhere else. But you might have TV to watch, videos, recorded music, e-mail, mail mail, the Internet, even the...
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By Kimberly L. Allers; Ronald Cohen February 3, 2003 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Few on the outside know as much about life on the inside as Ronald Cohen. A former stockbroker, Cohen served four stretches totaling 11 years in five federal institutions for various securities fraud violations. Since Jul...
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Fences inside a BOP facilityby Walter Pavlo - 12/28/2010 On Christmas day I received a phone call from “Joe”. Joe is 66 years old, still recovering from a stroke he suffered a few months back but has made a nice recovery. He still needs a cane to get around. I have never met Joe but he rea...