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Consultants you can hire, and churches, ministries and programs that help, organized by phase. Every listing is added by Restored Network; nobody can list themselves. A Verified partner badge means Restored Network has a confirmed working relationship with that partner. The rest are planned partners or example referrals, with no affiliation implied.

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  • Walt Pavlo · Prisonology

    Founder and president, Prisonology · writer on the federal prison system

    North Palm Beach, FL

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3
    prisonology.com
    Verified partner

  • Jack T. Donson · My Federal Prison Consultant

    Over 32 years in federal prison work · retired from the BOP

    New York, NY

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    myfederalprisonconsultant.com
    Verified partner

  • Hugh Hurwitz · HJH Advisors

    Former Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons (2018–2019)

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    counciloncj.org
    Verified partner

  • Jan Perdue · Expert Prison Consultants

    34 years in the Bureau of Prisons · former Associate Warden and Residential Reentry Manager

    Chicago, IL

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    expertprisonconsultants.com
    Verified partner

  • Susan Giddings, PhD

    Former Bureau of Prisons staff · co-host of Around the Block on LA Talk Radio

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    linkedin.com
    Verified partner

  • Jeff Grant · White Collar Support Group

    Co-founder, with Lynn Grant · weekly peer support since 2013, now on Zoom

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    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.

    Donation-supportedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 7
    prisonist.org
    Verified partner

  • Sam Mangel · Federal prison consultant

    Boca Raton, FL

    Consultant

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

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3
    sam-mangel.com
    Planned partner / example referral. No affiliation implied.

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