Serving Less Time Starts With Preparation

 

RECEIVING A FEDERAL INDICTMENT CAN BE TERRIFYING
TRIAL OR PLEA?
THE DOJ HAS A 98% CONVICTION RATE.

 

THE SOONER YOU ACT – THE FEWER PROBLEMS YOU’LL HAVE, WHY?

  • IN ADDITION TO A 98% CONVICTION RATE, THEY HAVE VERY DEEP FINANCIAL POCKETS TO PROSECUTE, AND “YOUR CASE” BY THIS POINT IS COMPLETED.
  • LEGAL REPRESENTATION IS YOUR FIRST DECISION; HOW WILL YOU PICK AN ATTORNEY, AND WHAT QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU ASK FIRST?

PREPARATION – SO MANY QUESTIONS, WHO CAN YOU ASK FOR ADVICE

  • THERE’S FEAR, PANIC, DENIAL, AND DISBELIEF
  • FINALLY, YOU DECIDE ON A LAWYER, WAS THIS THE RIGHT DECISION?
  • NOW, HOW TO SET YOURSELF UP FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME? WHAT DO YOU DO FIRST?

 

Yesterday Has Passed, Prepare For Your Tomorrow – Today

 

PREPARATION – WITH EVEN A GREAT ATTORNEY THEY CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH

    1. COUNSEL DEPENDS ON YOU TO BE 100% TRUTHFUL; THAT SOUNDS EASY – BUT NOT SO MUCH
    2. PREPARING FOR YOUR PRESENTENCE INTERVIEW SHOULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN YOUR LIFE, NO MATTER THE LENGTH OF YOUR EXPECTED SENTENCE
    3. PROPERLY PREPARED,  ARE YOU CONFIDENT IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAKES UP YOUR PRESENTENCE REPORT (PSR) 
      • ALL THE INFORMATION YOU GATHER WILL INFLUENCE YOUR LIFE AND IS RECOMMENDED TO BE PRESENTED TO YOUR PROBATION OFFICER 1-2 WEEKS BEFORE YOUR INTERVIEW.
        • AFTER YOUR INTERVIEW AND INVESTIGATION, THE PROBATION OFFICER WILL WRITE THE PRESENTENCE REPORT – BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED
      • YOUR JUDGE IS GOING TO SENTENCE YOU BASED ON THE SAME INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED THAT MAKES UP YOUR PRESENTENCE REPORT
        • IF COMPREHENSIVE, IT INCLUDES,
          • COPIES OF ALL BIOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUNDS (What is all this?)
          • COPIES OF ALL PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 
          • PERSONAL NARRATIVE, 
          • RELEASE PLAN
          • ALLOCUTION
          • “CHARACTER” REFERENCE LETTERS
          • PREPARATION FOR AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR
            • PATTERN SCORE,
            • SPARC-13 
            • GOOD TIME CREDITS,
            • FIRST STEP ACT
              • EARNED TIME CREDITS, ETC 
              • FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM (FRP)
              • CRIMINOGENIC RISK FACTORS
            • RDAP ELIGIBLE 
            • SECOND CHANCE ACT
            • COMPASSIONATE RELEASE
              • DEPENDING ON YOUR AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITION, DIFFICULT BUT POSSIBLE
            • THE ADMINISTRATIVE REMEDY PROCESS (BP9-11, AND 2241), the BOP encourages its use.
            • CASE MANAGER, COUNSELOR, UNIT TEAM, WARDEN, AND HOW THEY CAN INFLUENCE, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH PRISON AND EARLY RELEASE.  ↓ BELOW IS YOUR PRESENTENCE INTERVIEW

AFTER YOU ENTER PRISON – WHAT DO YOU DO?

  • WITH PREPARATION, YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT STARTING DAY 1
    1. THE BEST TIMES TO ARRIVE IF SELF-SURRENDERING
    2. YOU SURRENDERED WITH THE FOLLOWING…
    3. IF THEY PUT YOU INTO AN ISOLATION CELL, IT WASN’T A SURPRISE AS YOU’VE BEEN GIVEN A HEADS-UP EXPLANATION WITH OPTIONS, WHICH ARE…
    4. THERE MAY BE FORMS – BUT YOU’RE READY
    5. FOR MOST THINGS GOING FORWARD, YOU HAVE BEEN PREPPED ON,
      • WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO ACT
      • DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION 
    6. FOLLOWING EVERYTHING WE HAVE REVIEWED, THERE IS A PLAN TO WORK TOWARD EARLY RELEASE
    7. DISAPPOINTMENT AND FRUSTRATION LIKELY WILL FOLLOW, BUT THE ONLY PERSON WHO CAN CONTROL HOW YOU REACT IS YOU.

HOW YOU CAN WORK OR EARN YOUR WAY TOWARD FREEDOM – USING ELIZABETH HOLMES SENTENCE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE

HOW TO LOSE ALL OF YOUR EARLY RELEASE BENEFITS

DON’T GET DISCIPLINED, INFRACTIONS; NO CELL PHONES, NO IPADS (UNLESS THEY’RE FROM THE COMMISSARY). YOU CAN LOSE ALL GOOD TIME CREDIT, EARNED TIME CREDIT, RDAP CREDIT, AND POSSIBLY GET A NEW CHARGE.

Is your client a Veteran?

If possible, connect your client with a facility that caters to veterans.

Catholic University Law Review; “Dog Training Programs support inmate rehabilitation.”

Other Military prisons with service dog training programs

  • NAVCONBRIG Miramar (aka Joint Regional Correctional Facility Southwest)
  • NW Joint Regional Correctional Facility Ft. Lewis Washington
  • Military Prison at Fort Leavenworth
  • Once their training is complete, these dogs are placed with veterans in the community who have:

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