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July 7, 2012 There is a handy guide for nearly everything, even for federal prisons. Weighing in at 574 pages, “The Federal Prison Guidebook” is recommended reading, or at least skimming, for Nick Spano, who was supposed to begin a one-year-and-a-day prison sentence tomorrow, but on Friday was ...

N. Mate,Yahoo! Contributor Network Aug 1, 2008 When you hear "prison food", do you think of Dickensian ladles of grey goo, poured onto the trays of zebra-striped inmates? Or do you imagine steak and lobster served al fresco at some tropical Club Fed? The truth, of course, is somewhere...

Basic Guide to Prison V Saxena,Yahoo! Contributor Network Mar 21, 2007 Welcome to prison. It may take you a little time to realize the circumstances that have come upon you. This is NOT a joke. You are about to experience a tremendous amount of isolation, loneliness and confusion. In addition, ...

By Stanley Bing July 25, 2005 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Dear Messrs. Rigas and Kozlowski: First of all, I think I'm speaking for business executives everywhere when I say, Hey, in spite of the fact that you've made it much more difficult for us to clear expense accounts without some pain-in-the-but...

Lisa Black, Chicago Tribune Sunday, March 6, 2011 When Michelle Menard realized her boyfriend was facing five years of incarceration for wire fraud, she turned to the Internet. "Get out of federal prison," she typed. The Kankakee County, Ill., woman found help from an unusual sourc...

By Lucas Graves May 24, 2010 -  Wired June 2010In the movies, criminals are transported in 10-car convoys with decoys, helicopter escorts, and an army of well-coiffed agents in black suits. (Somehow the prisoner still manages to escape and uncover the real culprit and clear his name!) Given the ...

By Saerom Yoo, The Statesman JournalSunday, October 7, 2012SALEM, Ore. -- Marion-Polk Food Share is continuing to build its partnerships with Oregon inmates to help provide food to hungry families -- this time, in rural Marion County.The regional food bank has leased 123 state-owned acres near th...

BY Molly Eichel - Philadelphia Daily News - October 8, 2012Daily News Staff WriterGROWING UP in Compton, Calif., director Ava DuVernay was surrounded by people like Ruby, the main character of her award-winning feature film "Middle of Nowhere." She calls people like Ruby women-in-waitin...

Gino Gioe's "Jailhouse Workout" can be done in small spaces and in a limited timeGino Gioe claims yoga, pilates, gyrotonics — and whatever other fitness flavor of the month comes next — aren’t nearly as effective as pumping iron.By Janon Fisher - New York Daily NewsMonday, October 8, 20...