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BY CHUCK SALTER |AUGUST 31, 2002 David Novak did time as a white-collar crook at Eglin Federal Prison Camp, aka Club Fed. Now he advises first-time felons on how to survive life on the inside. Hey, Ken and Jeff (and Bernie and Sam and Dennis), would you like his number? "Throw the bums i...

David Novak made 11 cents an hour baking bread during his stay at Eglin Federal Prison Camp in Florida. Now he makes a nice living advising white-collar felons on what to expect on the inside. Read on. It might keep your CEO scared straight. BY CHUCK SALTER | AUGUST 31, 2002 As a first-time f...

October 2, 2008 by N. Joseph Potts At first blush, incarceration would seem to involve a loss of physical mobility – you have to stay in the prison all day and all night. You can’t go anywhere else. But you might have TV to watch, videos, recorded music, e-mail, mail mail, the Internet, even the...

By Kimberly L. Allers; Ronald Cohen February 3, 2003 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Few on the outside know as much about life on the inside as Ronald Cohen. A former stockbroker, Cohen served four stretches totaling 11 years in five federal institutions for various securities fraud violations. Since Jul...

Fences inside a BOP facilityby Walter Pavlo  -  12/28/2010 On Christmas day I received a phone call from “Joe”. Joe is 66 years old, still recovering from a stroke he suffered a few months back but has made a nice recovery. He still needs a cane to get around. I have never met Joe but he rea...

January 18, 2011 One of the tricks of surviving prison time is to learn how to deal with your fellow prison inmates. It is important to get a record for good behavior as this could help in getting a sentence reduced if you are in after being found guilty of a minor crime for which you were recomm...

Robert Johnson  Jul. 23, 2011 The U.S. has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the world. Despite budget cuts and tax shortfalls housing inmates costs the country almost $600 billion a year. Despite the rising incarceration rates over the last decade, cri...

Lindsay,Yahoo! Contributor Network Apr 30, 2007 Throughout my college career, all of my preconceived notions about the Criminal Justice System have been shattered. In the beginning, I was astonished to hear that only 10% of crimes are cleared in the United States. I would have liked to believe, ...

Myth: Habitat takes advantage of prison labor. Truth: Habitat for Humanity works because people from all walks of life give freely of their time and talents to help low-income people. Volunteers are the cornerstone of Habitat for Humanity, and no volunteer’s participation can be mandated by the g...