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Chapter 1: Prison Programs and Policies

§1:10      Introduction to the Guidebook
      §1:10.1      Education
      §1:10.2      Vocational/Apprenticeship
      §1:10.3      Library
      §1:10.4      UNICOR
      §1:10.5      Counseling/Rehabilitation
      §1:10.6      Health Services
      §1:10.7      Housing
      §1:10.8      Smoking
      §1:10.9      Fitness/Recreation
      §1:10.10    Religious Services
      §1:10.11    Commissary
      §1:10.12    Telephone Policy
      §1:10.13    Inmate Mail
      §1:10.14    Visiting Hours
      §1:10.15    Lodging and Accommodations
§1:20      Level of Care Memo
§1:30      Glossary of Bop Institution Terminology


Chapter 2: Securing a Favorable Federal Prison Placement

§2:10      Tips on Getting Your Client Into the Best Prison and Released at the Earliest Opportunity
§2:20      Securing a Favorable Federal Prison Placement
      §2:20.1      The Federal Prison System
      §2:20.2      How the BOP Designation Process Works
      §2:20.3      Security Level Scoring by Designations Staff
      §2:20.4      Public Safety Factors
      §2:20.5      Management Variables
      §2:20.6      Central Inmate Monitoring Information
      §2:20.7      After an Inmate Is Designated


Chapter 3: BOP’s Comprehensive Residential Drug Abuse Program

§3:10      Reducing Recidivism: The Bureau of Prisons Comprehensive Residential Drug Abuse Program
§3:20      Reducing Recidivism Appendix A


Chapter 4: Practice Tips

§4:10      Introduction
      §4:10.1      Case Law
      §4:10.2      Presentence Investigation Report
      §4:10.3      Sentencing Variances
      §4:10.4      Judicial Recommendations
      §4:10.5      Residential Drug Abuse Program
      §4:10.6      Other Tips


Chapter 5: How To Do Time

§5:10      Initial Placement
      §5:10.1      What to Bring
      §5:10.2      Intake and Orientation
      §5:10.3      Solving Problems
      §5:10.4      Eligibility
      §5:10.5      For Family Members


Chapter 6: Federal Sentencing

§6:10      Introduction
§6:11      An Overview of the Guidelines
      §6:11.1      How the Offense of Conviction Affects the Guideline Range
      §6:11.2      “Relevant Conduct”
      §6:11.3      The Guidelines “Sentencing Range”
§6:12      Choosing the Correct Guideline Manual
§6:13      Applying the Guidelines
      §6:13.1      Step One: Select the Offense Guideline
      §6:13.2      Step Two: Determine the Base Offense Level
      §6:13.3      Step Three: Specific Offense Characteristics
      §6:13.4      Step Four: Cross References and Special Instructions
      §6:13.5      Step Five: Adjustments Related to the Nature of the Victim, the Defendant’s Role in the Offense,
                       and Obstruction of Justice
      §6:13.6      Step Six: Grouping
      §6:13.7      Step Seven: Acceptance of Responsibility
      §6:13.8      Step Eight: Criminal History Category
      §6:13.9      Step Nine: The Guideline Range
      §6:13.10    Special Situations-Career Offenders, ACCA, Repeat and Dangerous Sex Offenders, Three Strikes,
                       and Mandatory Minimums
      §6:13.11    Other §3553(a) Factors
      §6:13.12    Departures and Variances
§6:14      “Substantial Assistance” Motions, Cooperation Agreements, and the Safety Valve
      §6:14.1      “Substantial Assistance” Motions
      §6:14.2      Cooperation Agreements
      §6:14.3      The “Safety Valve”
§6:15      Probation, Split Sentences, and Community or Home Confinement
§6:16      When the Defendant Is Already Serving a Sentence
§6:17      Supervised Release
§6:18      Fines, Restitution, Forfeitures, Special Assessments, and Costs of Incarceration
§6:19      Appeals From Sentencing Decisions
§6:20      After Sentencing-Taking Advantage of Favorable Guideline Amendments
§6:30      Representing the White Collar Client in a Post-Booker World
      §6:30.1      Introduction
      §6:30.2      United States v. Booker
      §6:30.3      Practice Tips
      §6:30.4      Below the Guidelines Sentences
      §6:30.5      Guideline Calculation
      §6:30.6      Departures
§6:40      Litigating in a Post-Booker World
     §6:40.1      The Booker Decision
     §6:40.2      Booker’s Impact on Defendants Not Yet Sentenced
     §6:40.3      Booker and Plea Agreements
     §6:40.4      Imposition of Longer Sentences
     §6:40.5      Plea Negotiation After Booker
     §6:40.6      Cases Pending on Appeal
     §6:40.7      Retroactivity on Collateral Attack
     §6:40.8      Does Booker Affect Statute of Limitations for Section 2255 Motions?
     §6:40.9      Booker and Second or Successive Section 2255 Motions
     §6:40.10    Conclusion


Chapters 7-8: Reserved


Chapter 9: The Mid-Atlantic Region

§9:10      FPC Alderson
§9:11      FCI Ashland
§9:12      FCI Beckley
§9:13      USP Big Sandy
§9:14      FCI Butner — Low
§9:15      FCI Butner — Medium
§9:16      FCI Butner — Medium II
§9:17      FMC Butner
§9:18      FCI Cumberland
§9:19      FCI Gilmer
§9:20      USP Hazelton
§9:21      USP Lee
§9:22      FMC Lexington
§9:23      FCI Manchester
§9:24      USP McCreary
§9:25      FCI Memphis
§9:26      FCI Morgantown
§9:27      FCI Petersburg — Low
§9:28      FCI Petersburg — Medium


Chapter 10: The North Central Region

§10:10      MCC Chicago
§10:11      FPC Duluth
§10:12      FCI Englewood
§10:13      USP Florence Administrative Maximum Facility
§10:14      FCI Florence
§10:15      USP Florence
§10:16      FCI Greenville
§10:17      USP Leavenworth
§10:18      USP Marion
§10:19      FCI Milan
§10:20      FCI Oxford
§10:21      FCI Pekin
§10:22      FMC Rochester
§10:23      FCI Sandstone
§10:24      MCFP Springfield
§10:25      FCI Terre Haute
§10:26      USP Terre Haute
§10:27      FCI Waseca
§10:28      FPC Yankton


Chapter 11: The Northeast Region

§11:10      FCI Allenwood — Low
§11:11      FCI Allenwood — Medium
§11:12      USP Allenwood
§11:13      MDC Brooklyn
§11:14      USP Canaan
§11:15      FCI Danbury
§11:16      FMC Devens
§11:17      FCI Elkton
§11:18      FCI Fairton
§11:19      FCI Fort Dix
§11:20      USP Lewisburg
§11:21      FCI Loretto
§11:22      FCI McKean
§11:23      MCC New York
§11:24      FCI Otisville
§11:25      FDC Philadelphia
§11:26      FCI Ray Brook
§11:27      FCI Schuykill


Chapter 12: The South Central Region

§12:10      FCI Bastrop
§12:11      USP Beaumont
§12:12      FCI Beaumont (Medium and Low)
§12:13      FCI Big Spring
§12:14      FPC Bryan
§12:15      FMC Carswell
§12:16      FCI El Reno
§12:17      FCI Forrest City
§12:18      FCI Fort Worth
§12:19      FDC Houston
§12:20      FCI La Tuna
§12:21      FCC Oakdale
§12:22      FTC Oklahoma City
§12:23      USP Pollock
§12:24      FCI Seagoville
§12:25      FCI Texarkana
§12:26      FCI Three Rivers


Chapter 13: The South East Region

§13:10      USP Atlanta
§13:11      FCI Coleman — Low
§13:12      FCI Coleman — Medium
§13:13      USP Coleman I and II
§13:14      FCI Bennettsville
§13:15      FCI Edgefield
§13:16      FCI Estill
§13:17      MDC Guaynabo
§13:18      FCI Jesup
§13:19      FCI Marianna
§13:20      FCI Miami
§13:21      FDC Miami
§13:22      FPC Montgomery
§13:23      FPC Pensacola
§13:24      FCI Talladega
§13:25      FCI Tallahassee
§13:26      FCI Williamsburg
§13:27      FCI Yazoo City


Chapter 14: The Western Region

§14:10      USP Atwater
§14:11      FCI Dublin
§14:12      FCI Herlong
§14:13      FDC Honolulu
§14:14      FCI Lompoc
§14:15      USP Lompoc
§14:16      MDC Los Angeles
§14:17      FCI Phoenix
§14:18      FCI Safford
§14:19      MCC San Diego
§14:20      FDC Sea Tac
§14:21      FCI Sheridan
§14:22      TAFT Correctional Institution (TCI)
§14:23      FCI Terminal Island
§14:24      FCI Tucson
§14:25      USP Tucson
§14:26      FCI Victorville I and II
§14:27      USP Victorville


Chapter 15: Privately-Managed Facilities Housing Federal Inmates

§15:10      Introduction
§15:20      Privately-Managed Facilities

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