Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
BOP Factory Gainsharing Award Policy 2017: Incentives Inside Federal Prison Industries — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release…
Continue ReadingBOP Farm Manual 2017: Prison Agriculture Policy and Work Programs — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custody, care, or…
Continue ReadingBOP FPI Work Measurement Program 2026: UNICOR Metrics and Inmate Labor — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custody, care…
Continue ReadingBOP FPI Information System Authorizations 2026: Why UNICOR Tech Policy Matters — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custod…
Continue ReadingWilmington, Del. – Semblex Corporation, a Delaware corporation, agreed to pay $3,052,250 to resolve allegations that it improperly obtained a Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”)…
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE– Alexander C. Van Hook has been confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as a United States District Court Judge for the…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE – United States Attorney John P. Heekin announced today a summary of significant accomplishments made by the Northern District of Florida in 2025. Source:…
Continue ReadingA Jacksonville minister pleaded guilty today to obstructing the IRS's efforts to collect his tax debts. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO – Leslie Kay Peterson, a U.S. citizen who was living in La Paz, Mexico, pleaded guilty in federal court today to fraud…
Continue ReadingA Jacksonville minister pleaded guilty today to obstructing the IRS’s efforts to collect his tax debts. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingOn January 14, 2026, U.S. District Judge David Nuffer issued a ruling regarding the designation of leadership at the United States Attorney’s Office for…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO – Victor Marion, aka “Vic,” pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting he participated in an international fraud and money laundering scheme…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Malcolm Terrell Louis, 40, of Pensacola, was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after previously pleading guilty to two counts…
Continue ReadingPENSACOLA, FLORIDA – Adrian Dion Pettaway Jr., 24, of Pensacola, was indicted by a federal grand jury charging him with distribution of a controlled substance. Source:…
Continue ReadingJohn Paul Cunningham, 31, was sentenced by Senior District Judge Wilma A. Lewis for possession of child pornography. Judge Lewis sentenced Cunningham to 84…
Continue ReadingLuis Sanchez-Acevedo, an illegal alien from Mexico, appeared in federal court yesterday afternoon on charges related to his alleged distribution of fentanyl from a…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Guatemalan national has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for assaulting multiple officers during an immigration arrest. Source: U.S. Department…
Continue ReadingA Springfield, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court yesterday for fentanyl distribution and illegally possessing firearms. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingTampa, FL – A federal jury has found Nidia Roxana Maradiaga-Flores (28), an illegal alien from Honduras, guilty of aggravated identity theft, false representation of…
Continue ReadingRichler Morette, also known as “Breezy,” a member of the Brooklyn-based Hyena Crips gang, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Brooklyn to racketeering…
Continue ReadingBOSTON – A Yonkers, N.Y. man was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for a scheme to steal an $810,000 tax refund by…
Continue Readingindictment_0.pdf An illegal alien has been indicted and charged with injuring federal immigration agents in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay…
Continue ReadingAn Illinois businessman was sentenced yesterday to six years in prison and two years of supervised release for his role in schemes to fraudulently…
Continue ReadingCHARLESTON, W.Va. – Dominic Love Davis, 52, of Brooklyn, New York, pleaded guilty today to failure to update his registration as a sex offender,…
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Quinnaland Jerome Rhodes, 39, of Apalachicola, Florida, Imuel Wade Thompkins, 31, of Missouri City, Texas, and Derron Skinner, 34, of Houston, Texas,…
Continue ReadingTampa, Florida – Terrance Bradford (47, Tampa) was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington to 30 months in federal prison for…
Continue ReadingDennis Duquette, 46, was found by law enforcement with a 9mm pistol in his hand Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of California filed 88 border-related cases this week, including charges of bringing in aliens for…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO – Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia,…
Continue ReadingA Mexican national unlawfully residing in the United States was sentenced to federal prison yesterday for felon in possession of a firearm after absconding…
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