Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
Consumer Warning & Legal Resource | Prison Law Firm Families facing federal prison are vulnerable—emotionally, financially, and legally. That’s exactly why the marketplace is…
Continue ReadingBOP Standards of Employee Conduct 2024: Ethics, Boundaries, and Accountability — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release, custod…
Continue ReadingBOP Workplace Violence Prevention Policy 2025: Staff Safety and Institutional Control — Prison Law Firm explains what this BOP update may mean for release…
Continue ReadingGAINESVILLE, FLORIDA – Dean Allen Harper, 55, of Gainesville, Florida, has been indicted in federal court for possession of an unmarked and unregistered firearm/silencer. Source:…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of Homeland…
Continue ReadingIn coordination with federal, state, and local law enforcement partners, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico brought 7,099 criminal cases…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Walter Tharrington, aka “Black” and “Roaadblock,” 32, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 192…
Continue ReadingCedric E. Cundiff, 67, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, appeared in federal court yesterday for an initial appearance on a charge of assaulting a federal officer…
Continue ReadingGREAT FALLS – A man from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho who stole items from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center in 2024 was sentenced today…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury has convicted Terrance Colvin, 39, of Columbus, Ohio, with six counts of drug and gun crimes related to…
Continue ReadingWenshen Xu, a Chinese national, was extradited from Guatemala to the United States yesterday to face an indictment returned in the Eastern District of…
Continue ReadingA New York man pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to launder more than $8 million in health care fraud proceeds through…
Continue ReadingOn January 27, 2026 and February 3, 2026, in federal court in Central Islip, co-defendants David M. Amin (D. Amin) and Bryce K. Amin…
Continue ReadingWILLIAMSPORT – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Brad Daniel Swink, age 41, of Bradford County, Pennsylvania,…
Continue ReadingCOLUMBUS, Ohio – A Mexican national who opened fire in a local taco restaurant parking lot was sentenced in U.S. District Court here today…
Continue ReadingOrlando, Florida – Keith Oelerich (62, Apopka) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Julie S. Sneed to five years and five months in…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, United…
Continue ReadingJOHNSTOWN, Pa. – A resident of Claysburg, Pennsylvania, and a resident of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal…
Continue ReadingUrbana, Ill. – A Guatemalan national, Roberto Nicolas-Simon, 24, has been sentenced to a concurrent 14 months of imprisonment for failing to update registration…
Continue ReadingSAVANNAH, GA: A Savannah man has been found guilty at trial for Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person and for being an…
Continue ReadingToday the Department of Justice announced the launch of the CLEU remission fund to compensate victims of an alleged “pump-and-dump” investment fraud scheme that…
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Cihan Calkap, 42, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, entered a plea of guilty today before United…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Ron Parsons announced today that U.S. District Judge Eric C. Schulte has sentenced a Fort Thompson, South Dakota, man convicted of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Task Force Division of…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months of incarceration, to be followed by…
Continue ReadingIsaias David Jose and Tomas Mateo Gaspar were sentenced to prison for orchestrating a ransom scheme in which they held 11 undocumented immigrants captive…
Continue ReadingA federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted the owner of a marketing company, and former NFL player, for his role in…
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH, Pa. – A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment on his conviction of possession…
Continue ReadingStevie Anthony Lovato is facing federal charges for suspected federal drug trafficking and firearms violations stemming from a traffic stop. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingUnited States Attorney Kurt L. Wall announced that U.S. District Judge Brian A. Jackson sentenced Jeremiah D. Jackson, age 22, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana,…
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