Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico –Dominican authorities extradited Esteffani José Vasquez-Amarante, also known as “Ethian” or “Baby” to the United States to face drug trafficking…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Robert Shane Willis, 47, of Perry, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine. …
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS – A prior convicted felon was charged in a criminal complaint today with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft…
Continue ReadingJackson, MS – Andrew Grant, 41, and Eric Gilkey, 58, of Canton, Mississippi were sentenced yesterday to 46 months in federal prison for their…
Continue ReadingShawn Small, 29, was attempting to sell the pistol. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingRALEIGH, N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Victor Antwan Perez, age 24, to 11 Years in federal prison for armed bank robbery and…
Continue ReadingGreenbelt, Maryland – Marcus Jerome Hunt, 32, of Temple Hills, Maryland, pled guilty today, to two counts of transporting child sexual abuse material in…
Continue ReadingSCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Roland Bennett Rhodes, III, age 55, a resident…
Continue ReadingGreenville Man Indicted for Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material While on Parole for Similar Offenses CONCORD – A Greenville man was indicted on charges of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – An Oregon man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for allegedly cyberstalking and making interstate threats against a…
Continue ReadingA Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for possession of a firearm after a prior felony conviction. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingJacksonville, Florida – Gyasi Wallace (33, California) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Wendy W. Berger to 20 years and 10 months in prison…
Continue ReadingGulfport, MS – After a three-day trial, on January 14, 2026, a jury in Gulfport, Mississippi convicted, Marcus Agee, 35, of Gulfport, Mississippi of…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Christopher J. Watson, 43, of Pensacola, Florida, was indicted in federal court for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute…
Continue ReadingNicholas Moore, 24, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court in connection with hacking the electronic filing system of the…
Continue ReadingBrad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on January 16, 2026, Jahnell Easly, 29, of Franklin, Wisconsin, pled…
Continue ReadingBrad D. Schimel, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on December 16, 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Bradley S.…
Continue ReadingFive defendants made their initial appearance in court today on charges relating to criminal activity alleged to have taken place in and around the…
Continue ReadingSantiago Martinez was sentenced in federal court to 10 years in federal prison for the November 2021 killing of his longtime girlfriend, DeAnna Autumn…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Worcester man pleaded guilty today in federal court to being a felon in possession of firearm and ammunition. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingCARLOS EGBERTO JIMENEZ-TUN, also known as Carlos Egberto-Jimenez, 28, a citizen of Guatemala, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with illegally reentering the…
Continue ReadingBOP FPI Sales Report Policy 2026: UNICOR Reporting and Institutional Economics — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custod…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Jalik Shykeil Tucker, 31, of Sumter, has been sentenced to more than 19 years in federal prison for possession with the intent…
Continue ReadingTwo defendants pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud Medicaid by paying health care kickbacks for services that were not provided at two Brooklyn…
Continue ReadingA Brush Prairie, Washington, woman pleaded guilty yesterday and was sentenced for mail theft while working as a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee. Source:…
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska – An Anchorage woman was arrested Wednesday in Anchorage after a federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last month alleging…
Continue ReadingAn Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison today for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine purchased from the dark web. …
Continue ReadingBOP FPI Warehouse Procedures 2026: Inventory Control Inside Prison Industries — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custody…
Continue ReadingBOP Quality Program Manual 2026: What Quality-Control Policy Means in UNICOR — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custody…
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