Have you ever spent time in a Federal Prison? If so, for what? And for how long?
211206
Every day for 8 hours a day I am in one; and since I cannot retire until I am 57 I have a 24 year sentence :)
153440
What state are u lookin for? And are u talkin about like people serving time?\n\nhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Department+of+corrections&btnG=Search
672652
yes my son\n6 years in prison for robbery . Got out in Nov. 2005 and is now doing good. Just got his 3rd raise at work and not in any trouble yet. Even decided no booze until ankle bracelet comes off in 2008
478815
You can go on to this link:  http://www.prisontalk.com/ go to the oklahoma forum there might be a lot of people there who might be interested.
489165
check the Bureau of Prisons website and use the inmate locator.  That's how we would find federal prisoners at my old law office.\n\nwww.bop.gov
67970
I work in a medium/maximum security jail.  I have my good days and my bad days.  The pay and benefits are okay, but it is a hard and opressive place to work.  I have a very sad view of society.
305686
If the purpose of our prison system is incarceration, then it is doing a great job.  There are few escapes.\n\nIf the purpose of imprisonment is deterrence, then we're not doing an effective job.  Maybe we should do what the father "Red" on "That 70s Show" said was the Soviet penal system:  "First offense, they send you to Siberia for five years.  Second offense, fifteen years.  THERE ARE NO THIRD OFFENSES".\n\nIf the purpose of our current prison system is to rehabilitate criminals, it's doing exactly the opposite.  They learn better, more sophisticated criminal techniques in jail.\n\nI'm not some "soft on crime" liberal.  However, I believe that we could substitute VERY HARD PUBLIC SERVICE in lieu of jail time.\n\nBack in the Great Depression of the 1930's, unemployed people were offered jobs in the Civilian Conservation Corps or the Public Works Administration.  The projects they worked on are still enjoyed today.  Why not resurrect these types of work programs?  Just put tracking bracelet on their legs to discourage running away.\n\nGiving these people healthy, dignified work will be great rehabilitation.  With most criminals (maybe not some of the child sex offenders or rapists) you can combine punishment with rehabilitation.  We just haven't tried hard enough.
403446
couldn't of said it better myself....most people go to prison for far less!  Is our president above the law?
501277
Life imprisonment.I have children,and although I would be locked up I would still get to see my kids.That would be worth being locked up for,and would give me the strength and focus to spend my life there.Plus I would have future grandchildren to think of,letters,photos,drawings.These days prisons have everything,TV,DVD etc.All mod cons.It wouldn't bother me,I could even have a computer and spend my days answering questions!!\nI love reading,so could borrow loads of books,I could do crosswords,sewing.It would be easy to keep entertained.
101430
No, I don't think ANYONE could handle it.  No books!? And - as to whether it can correct inmates... do people actually DO 20 years of SOLITARY confinement?  That's almost sick.  I think people would go crazy after 6 months... if not much much sooner.  So, if by 'correct' you mean, 'make go crazy and perhaps be even more dangerous and certainly more expensive to take care of' then yes.
154227
Have you been in the military?  Do you have a criminal record?  What is your education level?  Do you have any experience?
162578
initially you will enter the booking and receiving are.  there you will be entered into the computer system, your belongings will be taken from you, logged, and stored. you will have to shower and de-louse either with spray or powder. (usually the corrections officer will de-louse you). you will be assigned to a cell block and a cell number.  (expect 15-20 people in your block).  wake up is usually around 7:00 a.m., you will clean your cell and block and chow is delivered to the cell block afterwards.  your day will mainly consist of doing absolutely nothing inside the dayroom area.  yard call is usually for 1 hour a day. if the c.o. has time. if not you don't go outside.  so you sit there on your sorry butt doing nothing on the taxpayers dime. (enjoy-your welcome). lunch and supper are usually served @ normal eating times., lights out is normally around 10:00p.m.  no smoking or tobacco products are allowed in most of the jails i had the displeasure of visiting.  (Past corrections officer for 3 years)
183973
http://www.bop.gov/\nIt's the website for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
565949
i've been to both and i can say that prison did absotuly nothing for me because all of the crimes that i was committing were drug induced so when i got out i was still a drug addict so i was still commiting crimes. i just got out of a rehab recently and i have been crime free and drug free for a little over 90 days now. it take four different stays in 4 different rehabs to get it through my head though. the difference was that i was finally ready this last time, so i guess it depends on the mindset of the criminally charged.
37918
Have you tried any federal agencies?  FBI, maybe??  Depends what you are interested in!
266479
Is he guilty?  If he's still in jail from 1979 - it must have been pretty heinous.  I vote you leave him there until he's finished serving his time.
72928
What State? If you add that information to your question, I can help more.\nThis link will help you find information for a Federal facility\nhttp://www.bop.gov/ If he's in a State Prison, do a search that looks like this, except without the quotation marks....\n"Yourstate corrections prison visitor"\n\nIf that doesn't help, go to appropriate state forum at http://www.prisontalk.com\nGood luck!