Educational guides for federal prison families: First Step Act time credits, good conduct time, pro se motions, transfers, and release-date advocacy.https://getmydaysback.com/en-ushttps://getmydaysback.com/2241-petition/https://getmydaysback.com/2241-petition/How a 28 U.S.C. §2241 habeas petition works: what it challenges, where to file, the $5 fee, exhaustion, the form itself, and what happens after filing — explained for pro se filers and families.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/2255-motion/https://getmydaysback.com/2255-motion/The 28 U.S.C. §2255 motion explained: the one-year AEDPA deadline, the four grounds, ineffective assistance claims, second-or-successive rules, and honest guidance on when counsel matters.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/about/https://getmydaysback.com/about/Get My Days Back is an educational publisher for federal prison families: how we research, our editorial standards, our compliance boundaries, and why we built a DIY-first alternative to prison consultants.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/administrative-remedies/https://getmydaysback.com/administrative-remedies/The BOP Administrative Remedy Program step by step: BP-8 through BP-11 forms, every deadline, what makes filings win, and why exhaustion is the key to the courthouse.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/after-you-file/https://getmydaysback.com/after-you-file/What happens after a pro se petition or motion is filed: screening, the government’s answer, replies, magistrate recommendations, orders, and appeals — with the family’s docket-watching playbook.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/bop-explained/https://getmydaysback.com/bop-explained/How the BOP is organized — institutions, regions, Grand Prairie, central office — and which office actually controls computations, designations, placements, and appeals. The org chart for advocates.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/case-manager-team-meetings/https://getmydaysback.com/case-manager-team-meetings/The unit team runs a federal prisoner’s file: program reviews every 180 days, referrals, scores, and release planning. How to prepare for team meetings and turn them into advocacy checkpoints.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/check-release-date/https://getmydaysback.com/check-release-date/Where to find a federal prisoner’s projected release date, what the date actually includes, and how families verify the BOP’s math is right — step by step, for free.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/compassionate-release-3582/https://getmydaysback.com/compassionate-release-3582/How federal compassionate release works after the First Step Act: the warden request, the 30-day rule, the extraordinary and compelling grounds under USSG §1B1.13, and how motions are built.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/conditional-placement-date/https://getmydaysback.com/conditional-placement-date/What the FTC Conditional Placement Date and SCA Conditional Placement Date on a BOP sentence computation mean, how they are calculated, and what to do when they are missing or stale.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/corrlinks-explained/https://getmydaysback.com/corrlinks-explained/How Corrlinks (TRULINCS) federal prison email works: setup, costs, message limits, monitoring, and how families build the weekly communication rhythm that powers real advocacy.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/custody-level-change/https://getmydaysback.com/custody-level-change/The realistic path from higher security to a federal camp: how points drop, when reviews happen, how to request redesignation, and the overrides that block the move — explained honestly.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/detainers/https://getmydaysback.com/detainers/What a detainer is, how state, federal, and ICE detainers block FSA credit application, camps, and halfway house placement — and the lawful ways detainers get resolved or removed.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/dho-hearings/https://getmydaysback.com/dho-hearings/The federal prison disciplinary process from incident report to DHO hearing: the due-process rights, the sanctions including good-time loss, and how to appeal a DHO decision.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/faq/https://getmydaysback.com/faq/The questions federal prison families ask most — about First Step Act credits, release dates, motions, transfers, and how Get My Days Back works — answered with links to the deep guides.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/federal-vs-state-prison/https://getmydaysback.com/federal-vs-state-prison/Federal and state prison systems differ in sentencing law, good time, parole, programs, and remedies. What federal families need to know — and why advice from state-system veterans misleads.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/finding-post-conviction-counsel/https://getmydaysback.com/finding-post-conviction-counsel/How to find and vet a federal post-conviction attorney: where to search, the interview questions that matter, fee structures explained, and how to be the client who gets the best work.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/fsa-credits-miscalculated/https://getmydaysback.com/fsa-credits-miscalculated/FSA credits missing, frozen, or wrong? The seven most common BOP time-credit errors, how to prove each one, and the free process for forcing a correction — step by step.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/fsa-eligible-offenses/https://getmydaysback.com/fsa-eligible-offenses/Who can earn First Step Act time credits and who is excluded under 18 U.S.C. §3632(d)(4)(D) — in plain English, with the steps for challenging a wrongful ineligibility decision.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/get-first-step-act-days-back/https://getmydaysback.com/get-first-step-act-days-back/Thousands of federal prisoners are owed First Step Act time credits the BOP never applied. Learn how the credits work, how to audit them, and how to fight for every day — pro se, for free.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/good-conduct-time/https://getmydaysback.com/good-conduct-time/Federal good conduct time gives up to 54 days per year of the sentence imposed. How it is calculated, how it differs from FSA credits, how it is lost, and how to verify yours is right.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/halfway-house-placement/https://getmydaysback.com/halfway-house-placement/How federal halfway house (RRC) placement is decided, how much time is possible under the Second Chance Act and FSA credits, why referrals stall, and how families push effectively.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/home-confinement/https://getmydaysback.com/home-confinement/How federal home confinement works: the 6-month/10% rule, FSA prerelease credits, the elderly offender pilot, residence approval, monitoring rules, and how families prepare.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/medical-care-rights/https://getmydaysback.com/medical-care-rights/What medical care federal prisoners are entitled to, how BOP care levels work, how families advocate for treatment, the records that matter, and when poor care becomes a legal claim.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/membership-pricing/https://getmydaysback.com/membership-pricing/Get My Days Back membership tiers and prices, published in full: Navigator $29/mo, Advocate $89/mo, Warrior $199/mo, plus one-time workbooks and audits. No sales calls. No hidden quotes.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/motion-deadlines/https://getmydaysback.com/motion-deadlines/Every deadline that kills federal prison claims: BP filing clocks, the §2255 one-year limit, appeal windows, and DHO appeals — with the family calendaring system that protects them all.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/pattern-score-challenge/https://getmydaysback.com/pattern-score-challenge/A wrong PATTERN input can cost months of FSA credits. The step-by-step process for documenting and challenging PATTERN scoring errors — at program reviews, through BP filings, and beyond.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/pattern-score-explained/https://getmydaysback.com/pattern-score-explained/The PATTERN risk score decides whether a federal prisoner earns FSA credits at 10 or 15 days and whether credits ever apply. What it measures, when it is assessed, and how to read it.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/pro-se-guide/https://getmydaysback.com/pro-se-guide/Pro se is a right, not a last resort. The manifesto and manual for federal prisoners and families: what you can lawfully do yourselves, what it costs ($0–$5), and how to do it well.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/programming-that-earns-credits/https://getmydaysback.com/programming-that-earns-credits/Evidence-based recidivism reduction programs and productive activities that earn First Step Act credits — how assignments work, what counts as successful participation, and how to fix unposted credit.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/rdap/https://getmydaysback.com/rdap/The Residential Drug Abuse Program explained: who qualifies for the §3621(e) early release, the documentation trap, the 500-hour program itself, and how families support admission.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/second-chance-act/https://getmydaysback.com/second-chance-act/What the Second Chance Act actually provides: up to 12 months of halfway house, the home confinement tail, the individualized review every prisoner is owed, and how families invoke it.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/security-classification/https://getmydaysback.com/security-classification/How the BOP scores security classification under Program Statement 5100.08: the point system, public safety factors, management variables, and how families verify the scoring is right.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/sentence-reduction-motions/https://getmydaysback.com/sentence-reduction-motions/All the lawful ways a federal sentence gets shorter after sentencing: retroactive guideline amendments under §3582(c)(2), compassionate release, Rule 35, credits, and clemency — compared honestly.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/sources/https://getmydaysback.com/sources/The primary sources Get My Days Back is built on — statutes, BOP program statements, Sentencing Commission materials, GAO and OIG reports, and the journalism that documented FSA failures.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/supervised-release/https://getmydaysback.com/supervised-release/What supervised release is, the conditions that follow federal prison, how violations are handled, and the early termination motion available after one year — the family’s guide to the last phase.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/transfer-closer-to-home/https://getmydaysback.com/transfer-closer-to-home/How to request a federal prison transfer closer to home: the First Step Act 500-mile provision, how designation decisions work, what makes requests succeed, and the honest limits.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/visiting-rights/https://getmydaysback.com/visiting-rights/How federal prison visiting works: getting on the visitor list, why applications get denied, dress codes and rules, video visits, and how to challenge a wrongful denial or suspension.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://getmydaysback.com/when-you-need-a-lawyer/https://getmydaysback.com/when-you-need-a-lawyer/A self-help site’s honest map of when pro se works and when counsel genuinely changes outcomes: the fights to run yourselves, the fights to hire for, and the red flags of bad help.Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT