White Collar Week

06/01/2024

White Collar Support Group™ Tuesday Speaker Series: Tarra Simmons, Washington State Legislator, Lawyer, Civil Rights Activist, Formerly Incarcerated Person. On Zoom, Tues., June 4th, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. Free & open to all! To register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqcOyvrj0qHdUIiIycKSYwucxmGSyIgvqL

Tarra’s story of coming back from life’s difficulties is an inspiring beacon of hope for us all!

In 2011 Tarra was sentenced to 30 months in prison for theft, drug, and firearm crimes. In 2017, she graduated from Seattle University School of Law with honors. After law school, she was not allowed to sit for the Washington State bar exam due to her status as a former convicted felon, thus she challenged the Washington State Bar Association rules in the Washington State Supreme Court and won; the court unanimously ruled in her favor on the same day. She was later sworn in as an attorney in the State of Washington on June 16, 2018.

In 2020, Tarra made history when she was elected to the Washington State Legislature. She is honored to serve her community in the 23rd Legislative District and make positive change for all Washingtonians...

12/21/2023

White Collar Support Group Meeting #392,
Online on Zoom, Monday, Dec. 25, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT. prisonist.org, [email protected]. Please feel free to share with clients, colleagues, friends, family members or anyone in need.

Featured in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime

11/20/2023

If you are reading this, you are one of the thousands of individuals I've had the privilege of connecting with since the inception of Progressive Prison Ministries. https://conta.cc/3sADpRW

As we approach the end of the year, a time when many nonprofits like ours rely on the spirit of giving, I am reaching out to you personally. You understand our mission and the vital role we play in supporting individuals and families through their challenging criminal justice journeys, particularly during this emotionally challenging holiday season when many justice-impacted families are separated.

As the World’s First White Collar Support Group, we strive to be a beacon of compassion, empathy, hope and support for individuals and families impacted by the white collar criminal justice system. Guided by our core values, our members learn to navigate the criminal justice system and its lifelong consequences. We empower our Fellow Travelers to come Out of Isolation and Into Community, to make better decisions, to take responsibility for their actions, to make amends, and to transform to a more spiritual way of life.

Progressive Prison Ministries has important and impactful initiatives planned for 2024. We rely on the generosity of our members, families, friends and colleagues to help us continue our mission, expand our outreach, and touch the lives of more individuals navigating the white collar criminal justice system. Your generosity and support makes all we do possible.

Why Your Donation Matters, link to donation page: https://www.paypal.com/donate?campaign_id=4UQ9QUVWMFTZE

$10 per Month: Will allow us to provide books and educational materials for one incarcerated member, 4 times a year.
$18 per Month: Helps fund our spiritual growth initiatives.
$25 per Month: Helps fund our volunteer training and Peer Mentoring Program.
$50 per Month: Helps fund modest stipends to volunteers who provide their professional services, provide online community support and other services.
$100 per Month: Helps fund attendance at group members’ sentencing and other hearings throughout the United States, and provide monetary support to our incarcerated and neediest members, etc.
Your One Time Donation: Helps defray our general operating expenses (Zoom, website, social media, office expenses, etc.).

As we embark on the journey into the coming year, we remain deeply thankful for your support, and remain dedicated to creating positive change for our members and their families. Please reach out to your friends and colleagues and share the mission of Progressive Prison Ministries.

Wishing you and your loved ones a holiday season filled with love, hope, and the warmth of community.

Blessings, לשלום

Jeff

Jeff Grant, J.D., M.Div. (he, him, his)
Co-founder, Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.
516 S. Dixie Hwy., Box 222
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Website: prisonist.org
Email: [email protected]
Office: 212-671-3250

Help Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc. reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.

10/24/2023

TONIGHT! White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Prof. Doug Berman, Sentencing Law & Policy Expert, on Zoom, Oct. 24, 2023, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT.

To register: Link in bio, or: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUlduusqjgrG9OojwuFnQiOzEz6IqdcaRd1

We are honored to have Doug Berman as the October speaker in our White Collar Support Group Tuesday Speaker Series. Open to all! Please feel free to forward to your clients, colleagues, friends and family members in need.

In his talk, Prof. Berman will be discussing two extremely important topics for our community: (1) the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s recent sentencing guidelines revisions for certain first time offenses including a two-point reduction, noncustodial sentences and retroactivity, and (2) the recent cases concerning actual loss v. intended loss. Bring your questions as there will be a lengthy Q&A!

09/05/2023

White Collar Week Newsletter Sept. '23: The World’s First Support Group Devoted to Those Navigating The White Collar Criminal Justice System. https://conta.cc/45AQzfX It's the isolation that destroys us. The solution is in community.

> White Collar Support Group, Mondays on Zoom, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT
> The New Yorker: Life After White Collar Crime, by Evan Osnos, Featuring Our Support Group
> Special Speaker: Glenn E. Martin, Entrepreneur, Activist & Founder of JustLeadershipUSA, Tues. Sept. 12th, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT
> YouTube Video: Speaker Margaret Love, Former U.S. Pardon Attorney
> Blog: How do First Step Act (FSA) Earned Time Credits Work? by Bill Livolsi
> Blog: Repairing Search Results After White Collar Legal Trouble, by Andrew Chapin
> Book Excerpt: Spending the Holidays in Prison, by Craig Stanland
> YouTube Video: Jeff Grant: From Law Practice to Prison to Back Again
> Center for Justice and Human Dignity: Rewriting the Sentence Summit, Washington, DC, Oct. 16 & 17
> American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Fall Institute: Washington, DC, Nov. 2 & 3. Open to All, It's Free!
> Legal Action Center: Arthur Liman Awards Benefit, New York City, Nov. 7
> Family Support Group: Thursdays on Zoom, 7:30 pm ET, 4:30 pm PT
> Mid-Week 1/2 Hr. Mini Meeting: Thursdays on Zoom: 9:30 am ET, 6:30 am PT
> Entrepreneur: 9 Things to Know When Hiring a White Collar Criminal Defense Attorney

Please feel free to forward this newsletter to a client, colleague, friend or family member in need.

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White Collar Support Group, Glenn E. Martin, Center for Justice & Human Dignity, ABA, Legal Action Center, Margaret Love, Bill Livolsi, Craig Stanland, more... White Collar Week Newsletter Sept. 2023

08/12/2023

Jeff Grant, Esq. on Forensic Talk with Jim Campbell: SBA/PPP Loan Fraud Summer 2023 Update. GrantLaw, PLLC

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jim-campbell-radio/id1652357985?i=1000623473761

With PPP Loan Fraud clawback efforts underway, and new stories ion impropriety uncovered almost daily, Forensic Talk with Jim Campbell and Business Talk Radio took a "deep dive" into this current trend with return guest Jeff Grant Co-Founder, Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.

After an addiction to prescription opioids and serving almost fourteen months in a Federal prison (2006 – 07) for a white-collar crime (SBA loan fraud) he committed in 2001, Jeff started his own reentry – earning a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, majoring in Social Ethics. After graduating from divinity school, Jeff was called to serve at an inner city church in Bridgeport, CT as Associate Minister and Director of Prison Ministries. He then co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc. (Greenwich, CT), the world’s first ministry dedicated to serving people navigating the white collar criminal justice system.

On May 5, 2021, Jeff’s law license was reinstated by the Supreme Court of the State of New York. On August 10, 2023, he celebrated 21 years of sobriety.

Jeff has founded the law firm of GrantLaw, PLLC, is once again in private practice in New York City and is committed to using his legal expertise and life experience to benefit others.
GrantLaw, PLLC, is a new type of law firm providing private general counsel services to clients facing, who have previously faced, or who could possibly be facing white collar prosecutions and/or regulatory proceedings, and their companies and families. In this role, Jeff and his team assist clients in making critical and timely business and family decisions, and in executing on them, so that they have the best chance to come out the other side with lives of purpose, meaning and success.

“Jeff Grant is the real deal... I can’t imagine there is a lawyer in this country more qualified to consider the complex issues facing people prosecuted for white collar crimes and their families.” – Evan Osnos, The New Yorker

Jeff also provides a broad range of legal services, all in a highly attentive, personalized manner. These include private general counsel, white collar crisis management, strategy and team building, services to family-owned and closely-held businesses, and support to special situation and pro bono clients. He practices in New York and on authorized Federal matters, and works with local co-counsel and criminal defense counsel to represent clients throughout country.

Jeff is a member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq.
GrantLaw, PLLC
GrantLaw.com
[email protected]
(212) 859-3512

07/14/2023

I am honored to share that I have been appointed as Co-Chair, American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Reentry Committee. My appointment starts August 2023.

07/13/2023

Join us for Legal Action Center's Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at Tribeca Rooftop. Legal Action Center

I am honored to serve on the Board of Directors of Legal Action Center - Jeff

Reserve your tickets now: https://secure.givelively.org/event/legal-action-center/50th-anniversary-arthur-liman-public-interest-awards-benefit

For over half a century, the Legal Action Center has been the only nonprofit law and policy organization in the United States whose sole mission is to fight discrimination against people with arrest or conviction records, substance use disorders, HIV, and AIDS, and to advocate for sound public policies in those areas.

We hope you’ll join us as we build upon our many accomplishments over the past five decades, and work to expand our capacity to advocate for systemic change, set important legal precedents, and provide legal services, education, and training to help people across the country.

Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit:
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Tribeca Rooftop
10 Desbrosses Street, New York, NY
Cocktail-Style Dinner Reception | 6:00 pm ET
Awards Program | 7:00 pm ET
Business Attire

For more information about our 2023 Arthur Liman Public Interest Awards Benefit, or LAC's important work, please contact Sang Kim, Deputy Director of Individual & Corporate Giving at [email protected], (212) 243-1313 or email [email protected].

07/05/2023

Thank you .larry for the endorsement. Right back at you my friend.

07/02/2023

Prisonist Blog: Repairing Search Results Following White Collar Legal Trouble, by Fellow Traveler Andrew Chapin, June 1, 2023.

https://prisonist.org/blog-repairing-search-results-following-white-collar-legal-trouble-by-fellow-traveler-andrew-chapin/

“After you’ve been involved in a legal case, your Google search results may be overwhelming to the point where you wonder if your online reputation will ever recover.

You may have had conversations with search specialists who promise the moon in exchange for an exorbitant fee, or spent serious time watching supposedly-instructional YouTube videos. And on the other side of either of those things, you’re probably still left without solutions.

When I found myself in this position following my arrest in 2020, I leaned on my experience having worked with search engines to drive e-commerce product discovery throughout my career. I knew the good news: there is a lot that you can do to repair and restore your personal search engine results page. And most of these things can be done at no or low cost…”

Andrew J. Chapin is a technology entrepreneur specializing in product discovery, a writer, and a member of our White Collar Support group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. He can be reached at andrewjchapin. com.

Blog: Repairing Search Results Following White Collar Legal Trouble, by Fellow Traveler Andrew Chapin Andrew J. Chapin is a technology entrepreneur specializing in product discovery, a writer, and a member of our White Collar Support group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. He can be reached at....

05/21/2023

White Collar Support Group Meeting #361, Online on Zoom, Monday, May 22nd, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT. prisonist.org, [email protected]. Please feel free to share with clients, colleagues, friends, family members or anyone in need.

Featured in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime

05/13/2023

With Judith Negron and Topeka K Sam at the Umbrella of Hope Reentry Summit. So grateful to be with such impressive people at this powerful event.

05/11/2023

White Collar Support Group Meeting #360, Online on Zoom, Monday, May 15th, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT. prisonist.org, [email protected]. Please feel free to share with clients, colleagues, friends, family members or anyone in need.

Featured in The New Yorker: link in bio, or: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime

04/18/2023

TODAY! Tues., Apr. 18th, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT, on Zoom. White Collar Week Speaker: Christopher Poulos, Exec. Director, Center for Justice and Human Dignity, To register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvfu6tqDwjGN2CYtITEnsmxxQUMkblRpX7

04/14/2023

People experiencing white collar prosecutions often have many complex business and family issues in addition to those in their criminal cases. In most instances, their criminal defense lawyers simply do not have the experience or background to provide C-Suite level (or lived-experience) guidance, options and solutions.

That’s where we come in.

On Jan. 1, 2022, we launched GrantLaw, PLLC, a new type of law firm providing private general counsel services to clients facing, or who have previously faced, white collar prosecutions and/or regulatory proceedings, and their companies and families. In this role, we assist in making critical and timely business and family decisions, and in executing on them, so that clients have the best chance to come out the other side with lives of purpose, meaning and success.

We practice in New York and on authorized Federal matters, and work with local co-counsel and criminal defense counsel to represent clients throughout country.

To best ensure long-term results, we recommend, assemble, manage and collaborate with a wide breadth of professionals, including tax attorneys, bankruptcy lawyers, family lawyers, civil litigators, estate and trust lawyers, accountants, private investigators, fraud examiners, mitigation specialists, medical doctors and psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, drug and alcohol interventionists, prison consultants, white collar peer and support resources, and the like.

Notably, we regularly team with criminal defense lawyers to help achieve the client’s best possible sentencing, restitution and forfeiture outcomes.

And, of course, we are honored and grateful to represent our clients not going through these life-altering kinds of issues.

To say that our firm’s first year has been a success is a gross understatement. Even we couldn’t have anticipated the pent-up demand to fill the massive hole in the market for private general counsel with real-world, lived experience whom clients could trust.

For those of you who are out there disappointed, confused or not getting exactly what you need, we are here for you.

Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq.
GrantLaw, PLLC
43 West 43rd Street
Suite 108
New York, New York 10036-7424
GrantLaw.com
(212) 859-3512
[email protected]

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03/31/2023

White Collar Week Tuesday Speaker Series: Guest Speaker Margaret Love, Former U.S. Pardon Attorney & Executive Director of the Collateral Consequences Resource Center, On Zoom, Tues., May 2, 2023, 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT.

We are honored to have Margaret Love as the May speaker in our White Collar Support Group Tuesday Speaker Series.

Link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tduGhpjsoEtJz9Z7UwfTL_Knsv8odKQq6

Information about our White Collar Support Group: http://prisonist.org

Margaret Love specializes in executive clemency and restoration of rights, sentencing and corrections policy, and legal and government ethics. She has written and lectured widely on pardon policy and practice, and on the collateral consequences of a criminal conviction, and is recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on clemency and related relief issues.

Ms. Love served as U.S. Pardon Attorney between 1990 and 1997, and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Collateral Consequences Resource Center, a non-profit organization established in 2014 to promote public engagement on the myriad issues raised by the legal restrictions and societal stigma that burden people with a criminal record long after their criminal case is closed.

Since leaving public office, she has successfully represented numerous individuals with federal convictions in the clemency process. She also advises individuals with state convictions who are interested in avoiding or mitigating the collateral consequences of conviction.

Ms. Love also represents clients seeking other types of clemency, including reduction (commutation) of a prison sentence. With the abolition of parole for federal sentences imposed after 1987, commutation is virtually the only way to reduce a prison term.

To reach Margaret Love: [email protected]

White Collar Week Newsletter Feb '23: https://conta.cc/3jdc97A

Sponsored by Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc.: https://prisonist.org

Sponsored by GrantLaw, PLLC: https://GrantLaw.com

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03/27/2023

People experiencing white collar prosecutions often have many complex business and family issues in addition to those in their criminal cases. In most instances, their criminal defense lawyers simply do not have the experience or background to provide C-Suite level (or lived-experience) guidance, options and solutions.

That’s where we come in.

On Jan. 1, 2022, we launched GrantLaw, PLLC, a new type of law firm providing private general counsel services to clients facing, or who have previously faced, white collar prosecutions and/or regulatory proceedings, and their companies and families. In this role, we assist in making critical and timely business and family decisions, and in executing on them, so that clients have the best chance to come out the other side with lives of purpose, meaning and success.

We practice in New York and on authorized Federal matters, and work with local co-counsel and criminal defense counsel to represent clients throughout country.

To best ensure long-term results, we recommend, assemble, manage and collaborate with a wide breadth of professionals, including tax attorneys, bankruptcy lawyers, family lawyers, civil litigators, estate and trust lawyers, accountants, private investigators, fraud examiners, mitigation specialists, medical doctors and psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, drug and alcohol interventionists, prison consultants, white collar peer and support resources, and the like.

Notably, we regularly team with criminal defense lawyers to help achieve the client’s best possible sentencing, restitution and forfeiture outcomes.

And, of course, we are honored and grateful to represent our clients not going through these life-altering kinds of issues.

To say that our firm’s first year has been a success is a gross understatement. Even we couldn’t have anticipated the pent-up demand to fill the massive hole in the market for private general counsel with real-world, lived experience whom clients could trust.

For those of you who are out there disappointed, confused or not getting exactly what you need, we are here for you. We won’t let you down. - Jeff

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03/26/2023

White Collar Support Group Meeting #353, Online on Zoom, Monday, Mar. 27th, 7 pm ET, 6 pm CT, 5 pm MT, 4 pm PT. prisonist.org, [email protected]. Please feel free to share with clients, colleagues, friends, family members or anyone in need.

Featured in The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/life-after-white-collar-crime

03/05/2023

WHITE COLLAR SUPPORT GROUP TO HOLD MILESTONE 350TH MEETING, On Zoom, Mar. 6th 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. https://conta.cc/3lWTUUO Please feel free to share with your clients, colleagues, friends and family members in need.

Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc., the world’s first ministry devoted to those navigating the white collar criminal justice system, will hold its 350th weekly White Collar Support Group meeting online on Zoom on Monday, March 6, 2023. More than 600 people prosecuted for white collar crimes have participated in the support group meetings.

In celebration of the 7 years of community reflected by this milestone, Craig Stanland, Bill Livolsi and many other men and women from the white collar justice-impacted community, will share the “AHA moments” in their journeys that changed their perceptions and inspired them to create productive and meaningful lives before incarceration, during prison and upon reentry into society.

Co-founded in 2013 by Connecticut resident/NYC white collar attorney and ordained minister, Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq. (Jeff Grant), the ministry’s mission is to help individuals prosecuted for white collar crimes to take responsibility for their actions and the wreckage they caused, make amends, and move forward in new way of life centered on hope, service, compassion, tolerance and empathy.

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Press Release: WHITE COLLAR SUPPORT GROUP TO HOLD MILESTONE 350TH MEETING, Mon., Mar. 6, 2023 Press Release: WHITE COLLAR SUPPORT GROUP TO HOLD MILESTONE 350TH MEETING Mon., Mar. 6, 2023 WHITE COLLAR

02/20/2023

WHITE COLLAR SUPPORT GROUP TO HOLD MILESTONE 350TH MEETING, On Zoom, Mar. 6th 7 pm ET, 4 pm PT. https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-to-hold-milestone-350th-meeting-white-collar-criminal-justice-community-continues-to-expand-resources-and-reach/

Please feel free to share with your clients, colleagues, friends and family members in need.

Progressive Prison Ministries, Inc., the world’s first ministry devoted to those navigating the white collar criminal justice system, will hold its 350th weekly White Collar Support Group meeting online on Zoom on Monday, March 6, 2023. More than 600 people prosecuted for white collar crimes have participated in the support group meetings.

In celebration of the 7 years of community reflected by this milestone, Craig Stanland, Bill Livolsi and many other men and women from the white collar justice-impacted community, will share the “AHA moments” in their journeys that changed their perceptions and inspired them to create productive and meaningful lives before incarceration, during prison and upon reentry into society.

Co-founded in 2013 by Connecticut resident/NYC white collar attorney and ordained minister, Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq. (Jeff Grant), the ministry’s mission is to help individuals prosecuted for white collar crimes to take responsibility for their actions and the wreckage they caused, make amends, and move forward in new way of life centered on hope, service, compassion, tolerance and empathy.

02/01/2023

People experiencing white collar prosecutions often have many complex business and family issues in addition to those in their criminal cases. In most instances, their criminal defense lawyers simply do not have the experience or background to provide C-Suite level (or lived-experience) guidance, options and solutions.

That’s where we come in.

On Jan. 1, 2022, we launched GrantLaw, PLLC, a new type of law firm providing private general counsel services to clients facing, or who have previously faced, white collar prosecutions and/or regulatory proceedings, and their companies and families. In this role, we assist in making critical and timely business and family decisions, and in executing on them, so that clients have the best chance to come out the other side with lives of purpose, meaning and success.

We practice in New York and on authorized Federal matters, and work with local co-counsel and criminal defense counsel to represent clients throughout country.

To best ensure long-term results, we recommend, assemble, manage and collaborate with a wide breadth of professionals, including tax attorneys, bankruptcy lawyers, family lawyers, civil litigators, estate and trust lawyers, accountants, private investigators, fraud examiners, mitigation specialists, medical doctors and psychiatrists, forensic psychologists, drug and alcohol interventionists, prison consultants, white collar peer and support resources, and the like.

Notably, we regularly team with criminal defense lawyers to help achieve the client’s best possible sentencing, restitution and forfeiture outcomes.

And, of course, we are honored and grateful to represent our clients not going through these life-altering kinds of issues.

To say that our firm’s first year has been a success is a gross understatement. Even we couldn’t have anticipated the pent-up demand to fill the massive hole in the market for private general counsel with real-world, lived experience whom clients could trust.

So, for the clients and colleagues who reached out to us in our first year, thank you for your trust and confidence. And, for those of you who are out there disappointed, confused or not getting exactly what you need, we are here for you. We won’t let you down.

Jeffrey D. Grant, Esq. (he, him, his)
GrantLaw, PLLC
43 West 43rd Street, Suite 108
New York, New York 10036-7424
Office: 212-859-3512
Email: [email protected]
Website: GrantLaw.com
Bio: GrantLaw.com/bio
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/revjeffgrant
Media Relations: [email protected]
Speaking Engagements: https://www.espeakers.com/marketplace/profile/39107
White Collar Support Group: https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group

01/30/2023

White Collar Support Group 350th Meeting Reflection: A Guide for People Reporting to Prison, by Fellow Traveler John DiMenna
https://prisonist.org/white-collar-support-group-350th-meeting-reflection-a-guide-for-people-reporting-to-prison-by-fellow-traveler-john-dimenna/

John DiMenna is a member of our White Collar Support Group that meets on Zoom on Monday evenings. On March 6, 2023, we will hold our 350th meeting – 7 years of community! In honor of this milestone, we’ve asked our group members, guests and supporters to contribute written reflections for publication on our websites, emails, newsletters and social media. If you would like to submit your contribution, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you!
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"I spent eighteen months in a federal prison camp and recall quite indelibly my arrival, having had little or no preparation for it. Below is a guide that I’ve prepared for prospective ‘new arrivals’ based on my own experience. Transitioning to prison is a challenge for anyone. Every person’s experience will be unique to themselves but within that each will endure a period of adjustment for which the government provides no guidance or preparation. The information is drawn from my personal experience and hopefully will facilitate a more informed transition and ensure a less stressful period of adjustment..."