Federal Prison Updates
Policy changes, sentence-calculation guidance, First Step Act issues, and practical information for families and lawyers.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The United States has secured more than $1.3 million in civil damages and penalties following a judgment in a False Claims…
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska – The United States has secured more than $1.3 million in civil damages and penalties following a judgment in a False Claims…
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. – Federal, state, and local law enforcement will join members of the faith-based community in Macon for a “Protecting Houses of Worship”…
Continue ReadingMACON, Ga. – Federal, state, and local law enforcement will join members of the faith-based community in Macon for a “Protecting Houses of Worship”…
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Shameik Camara, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been charged by criminal…
Continue ReadingBURLINGTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Shameik Camara, of Hartford, Connecticut, has been charged by criminal…
Continue ReadingPreston Fleming, 68, of Ducula, Georgia was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 6-months of home confinement in connection with a scheme to…
Continue ReadingPreston Fleming, 68, of Ducula, Georgia was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 6-months of home confinement in connection with a scheme to…
Continue ReadingMultiple defendants have been indicted by the September term of the federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of Georgia for various charges, including…
Continue ReadingBROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Javier Aguilar was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in two…
Continue ReadingThree aliens from Mexico, Venezuela, and Antigua and Barbuda face federal charges for allegedly voting illegally in recent federal elections. Source: U.S. Department of…
Continue ReadingOcala, Florida – Gerquon Lavares Thomas (32, Wildwood), a/k/a “Q-Baby,” has been charged by indictment with three counts of distribution and possession with intent…
Continue ReadingToday, the Department of Justice announced agreements with two of the nation’s largest health care systems—New York University Langone Hospitals (“NYU”) and University of…
Continue ReadingA Long Beach man was sentenced today to 30 years in federal prison for his primary role in the March 2021 murder of a…
Continue ReadingOcala, Florida – Chan Dara Mean (42, Belleview) has been charged by indictment with possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). If convicted, Mean…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS – The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro revoked supervised release for Jamal Rashid, also known as “Mally…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – SHYHIEM PINES, age 31, a resident of Tangipahoa Parish, pled guilty on September 17, 2026, before United States District Judge…
Continue ReadingEAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – A grand jury charged 11 southern Illinois residents with various federal crimes for their alleged involvement in a criminal…
Continue ReadingLAFAYETTE-On September 21, 2026, and September 24, 2026, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana will host the 2026 Louisiana Law…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Leeladhar H. Tandel, 45, a native of India living of Mobile, AL, who was convicted of conspiracy…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has selected seven additional federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department has selected seven additional federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a…
Continue ReadingRALEIGH N.C. – A federal judge sentenced Linc Oshea Brooks, 56, to over 3 years in federal prison for possession with the intent to…
Continue ReadingA Georgia man made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge after a federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging him…
Continue ReadingDETROIT – This week, a federal judge sentenced a Venezuelan illegal alien to 48 months in federal prison. The illegal alien pleaded guilty in…
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND – DeCarlos L. Smallwood, 51 years old, of South Bend, Indiana, was convicted of eight felony counts after a four-day jury trial…
Continue ReadingOcala, Florida – Jimmy Deon Lofton (46, Ocala) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to eight years and one month…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Michael J. Hale, 65, of Lockport, NY, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara to…
Continue ReadingOcala, Florida – Ismael Osbaldo Pedro Tomas (24, Guatemala) has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Thomas P. Barber to 10 years in federal…
Continue ReadingTallahassee, Florida – Marcello Hinojosa, 53, of Tallahassee, Florida, has been indicted in federal court on one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine,…
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