Tools & Actions
Start Here
- How to Check a Federal Release Date — and Make Sure It’s Right
- Conditional Placement Dates: What Those New Lines Actually Mean
- First Step Act Credits Not Applied? Here’s the Playbook
- Get Your First Step Act Days Back — Without a Lawyer
- The Pro Se Guide: You Are Allowed to Fight This Yourselves
Time & Credits
- FSA Eligibility: Who Can Earn Credits, Who Can’t, and Who’s Coded Wrong
- Good Conduct Time: The 54 Days a Year, Done Right
- Halfway House Placement: How the Decision Really Gets Made
- Home Confinement: Finishing a Federal Sentence at Home
- Challenging a PATTERN Score: The Step-by-Step Playbook
- The PATTERN Score, Explained: The Number Behind the Credits
- Programs That Earn FSA Credits: What Counts and How to Prove It
Motions & Remedies
- The §2241 Petition: Habeas for How a Sentence Is Being Run
- The §2255 Motion: Attacking the Conviction or Sentence Itself
- Administrative Remedies: The BP-8 to BP-11 Ladder, Mastered
- After You File: The Life of a Motion, From Mailroom to Order
- Compassionate Release: The §3582(c)(1)(A) Motion, Start to Finish
- The Deadline Ledger: Every Clock That Can Kill a Claim
- Sentence Reduction Motions: The Complete Map of Lawful Paths
Placement & Daily Life
- Getting to Lower Security: The Realistic Path to a Camp
- DHO Hearings: When an Incident Report Threatens the Days
- Medical Care Rights: Getting Treatment Through the Fence
- RDAP: Up to Twelve Months Off, If You Qualify and Finish
- The Second Chance Act: The Reentry Law Everyone Qualifies For
- Security Classification: The Point System That Decides Where You Live
- Transfer Closer to Home: Working the 500-Mile Rule
- Visiting Rights: Getting In, Staying Approved, Fighting Denials
How the System Works
- The BOP, Explained: The Org Chart Every Advocate Needs
- The Unit Team: Turning Program Reviews Into Advocacy Checkpoints
- Corrlinks: The Email Lifeline, Set Up and Used Well
- Detainers: The Paper Hold That Quietly Costs Months
- Federal vs State Prison: Why the Difference Changes Everything
- Supervised Release: The Sentence After the Sentence