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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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  • 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
  • Adam Clausen · Social Purpose Corrections

    Director of Innovation and Social Impact, SPCOR · 20+ years inside, now free

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 7
    spcor.org
    Verified partner
  • Derek Bluford

    Reentry advocate and entrepreneur · lived experience

    Sacramento, CA

    Consultant

    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.

    Fee-basedPhase 4Phase 5Phase 6Phase 7
    derekbluford.com
    Verified partner
  • BRAVE Church

    Denver, CO

    Church

    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.

    FreePhase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 6Phase 7
    brave.org
    Verified partner
  • Helping Up Mission

    Recovery, shelter and meals in Greater Baltimore · Get Help line 24/7

    Baltimore, MD

    Program

    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.

    Donation-supportedPhase 4Phase 5Phase 6
    helpingupmission.org
    Planned partner / example referral. No affiliation implied.
  • Metro Relief

    Street outreach and mobile case management in the Dallas–Fort Worth area

    The Colony, TX

    Program

    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.

    Donation-supportedPhase 4Phase 5Phase 6
    metrorelief.org
    Verified partner
  • Prison Fellowship

    Serves families nationally

    Ministry

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

    FreePhase 3Phase 4Phase 7
    prisonfellowship.org
    Planned partner / example referral. No affiliation implied.

Partners are added by Restored Network. To be considered, email [email protected].