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How To Survive Federal Prison Camp: A Guidebook for Those Caught Up in the System

NCJ Number
176064
Author(s)
C Sharp
Date Published
1997
Length
309 pages
Annotation
A recent graduate of the Federal prison camp system explains what to expect and offers advice for coping before, during, and after the prison camp experience.
Abstract
An introduction and preface critically examine Federal laws and regulations, urge readers to prepare for the possibility of incarceration due to selective enforcement, advise readers not to expect fairness and to try to become as inconspicuous as possible in a Federal prison camp. The text offers advice on how to handle the presentencing report, what to do before reporting to camp, what to bring and not bring, what to expect on the first day, typical daily schedules, preferable work assignments, and what to expect from prison-camp psychologists and chaplains. Additional sections explain visiting privileges, mail regulations, how to cope with despair and the loss of personal space, how to maintain relationships with loved ones, what to expect on release to a halfway house, how to deal with supervised release, how to obtain a job after release, and how to restore civil rights. Illustrations