By Cedric Dean Did you know since the enactment of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug users, the Federal Bureau of Prisons budget increased from $220 million in 1986 to $5.4 billion in 2008. In the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, Congress structured antidrug penalties to encourage the Department of Justice to concentrate it’s enforcement effort [...]
By Cedric Dean. Did you know on January 21, 2009 the Supreme Court in Spears v. U.S., summarily reversed the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and held that a district court judge is entitled to reject and vary categorically from the crack cocaine guidelines based upon the sentencing judge’s personal policy preference regarding the appropriate [...]
How To Represent Yourself Before The Disciplinary Hearing Officer By Cedric Dean Each prison having the need for facilities to house inmates separate from the general population will establish a special housing unit consisting of two categories of cells: administrative detention and disciplinary segregation. Whenever an inmate is placed in administrative detention, he or she [...]
by Cedric Dean Did you know any correctional staff member may recommend to the Warden the approval of an inmate for a lump sum award of Extra Good Time? Such recommendations must be for an exceptional act or service that is not a part of a regularly assigned duty: an act of heroism; voluntary acceptance [...]
by Cedric Dean (Federal Inmate) State and Federal prisons emphasize and encourage the resolution of complaints be addressed through the Administrative Remedy Process. Complaints regarding a tort claim, inmate accident compensation, Freedom of Information or Privacy Act Requests and complaints on behalf of other inmates are not accepted under the administrative remedy procedure. The first [...]