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Prisonology, led by Walt Pavlo, is a firm whose team includes former Bureau of Prisons staff. It works with attorneys, federal defenders and defendants before and after sentencing: presentence report review, pre-surrender counseling, sentence computation, First Step Act analysis and expert declarations. Walt writes about the federal prison system for Forbes.

Retired from the BOP after a career in case management across all security levels, with assignments in the Philadelphia Regional Office and the New York City Community Corrections Office. He drafted institution policy, served on national policy workgroups, and trained counselors and case managers. He now supports families, attorneys and federal defenders, and trains judges and CJA panel attorneys.

Led the Bureau of Prisons as Acting Director, overseeing 122 facilities and more than 200 residential reentry centers, after serving as Assistant Director for Reentry Services and as the agency's CFO. His firm advises on prison management, reentry and reform. Senior-level perspective on how the system actually makes decisions.

Retired in 2022 after a career that ran from correctional officer and case manager to Associate Warden at MCC Chicago and twelve years as a Residential Reentry Manager. She advises attorneys, federal defenders, individuals and families facing or serving federal sentences, and has given expert testimony on institutional operations.

Rose from correctional officer in 1991 through case management to Unit Management Section Chief in the Correctional Programs Branch in Washington, retiring in 2024. Her consulting practice provides assessment and training to correctional agencies, and she co-hosts the radio show "Around the Block" on the federal system.

Sentenced in 2001 to 213 years with no parole, he spent more than twenty years inside before earning a second chance. He now coaches and trains on crisis management, conflict resolution and leadership, and leads social-impact work at Social Purpose Corrections, which consults on facility culture and officer retention. Someone who has lived this road from the inside.

A reentry advocate and entrepreneur (founder of Quicklegal, an on-demand legal-help service) with lived experience of federal prison, working to lower recidivism through education, training and resources for people who are incarcerated or recently released. Writes on prison litigation and policy and runs an online community focused on education after release.

A 501(c)(3) ministry running the first support group for people navigating the white-collar justice system and their families. Free, confidential Monday-night meetings on Zoom, speaker events, an annual conference and advocacy. Nearly 2,000 justice-impacted people have attended since 2013.

Federal prison consultant offering preparation for surrender, designation guidance and information about programs. Consultants are not lawyers.

Restored Network's founding church partner. BRAVE Church in Denver runs church campuses inside the Buena Vista Correctional Complex (Colorado DOC) and the federal ADX in Florence, with worship, Bible study and pastoral care inside, support for families on the outside, and aftercare connections when people come home.

A Baltimore nonprofit serving people fighting addiction and homelessness: a long-term Spiritual Recovery Program with individual counseling for addiction and trauma, safe shelter for men and for women and children, daily meals, mobile street outreach and an Under One Roof services campus. Faith-based; a place to land and rebuild after release when there is nowhere else to go.

A 501(c)(3) in The Colony, Texas, bringing help to people living on the streets of the Dallas area: a weekly Mobile Resource Bus with food, hygiene kits and clothing, daily street outreach with case managers who help replace IDs and critical documents, rides to appointments, and a path toward stable housing, with partner referrals for addiction, domestic violence and trafficking. Faith-based and free to the people it serves.

National Christian ministry serving people in prison and their families, including the Academy in-prison program and Angel Tree for children.