That specific scenario does not line up with standard correctional practice, and we have never heard of a facility issuing a monetary fine for something like not making a bed. Here is what facilities can and cannot do. The punishment for minor infractions like failing to follow housing rules, not making a bed, keeping a messy cell, not following a direct order, is disciplinary in nature, not financial. The typical consequence is a write-up that goes in the disciplinary record, a...

Federal immigration smuggling charges carry serious weight, and a prior criminal history makes the sentencing picture significantly worse. The baseline for human smuggling convictions in the federal system starts at around five years for a first offense without aggravating factors. That is the range I saw consistently with people I did time with at FCI Miami who were caught bringing immigrants in off the coast. Five years was a common landing point for those cases when the record was relatively clean...

Yes, work release inmates can be moved between facilities, and it is not necessarily a cause for concern. Work release units operate separately from the general population and are designed to support the final phase of reentry. Administrative transfers between work release centers happen for a variety of routine reasons, including program capacity, geographic proximity to a job, bed availability, or changes in the inmate's job situation. The database showing an old location is almost certainly a lag in how quickly...