This is as detailed an RDAP description as you will find. This article was assembled using 4 RDAP participants from 3 different RDAP camps.

The article below was written by Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam (a fellow inmate who was at the LPC while I was). Wally, while at the Halfway...

The ultimate challenge in life is finding a career doing something you love. Here I am at 48, just finishing 11 months in Federal prison at

How often will you find yourself standing before a judge, pleading for them to see the best in you, overlook the bad, and determine your...

RDAP can help save your life if you let it. But for those that think it will be easy, you will quickly find out it is not.

Every week (66 weeks) I have written a newsletter detailing my adventures in prison. I saved the best for last.

As part of my punishment I am not allowed to go anywhere ("Movement that necessitates an Ambulance...was the only way I can leave my...

Craziest thing I have heard/seen on Home Confinement. Out of the 390 + days I have spent in some form of incarceration. MY SCARIEST day...

We had a Christmas Party at the DRC (daily reporting center).  WHAT????  I cannot make fun of this event ... it was a sincere effort made...

Does an inmate ever win any battles against staff & guards (I was asked this question recently which spawned a long conversation)?  The...

Wearing the ankle monitor is a trip.  Nobody really notices it unless they stare (but people do notice it occasionally)…. one of my...

During a halfway house intake, staff assess your readiness to reintegrate into society. They aim to gauge what you've learned and assess...

list of essentials / Halfway house survival list One of the questions I keep getting is what do I need (or advice) for each leg of the...

I keep getting asked this question. “I heard staff/inmates don’t like RDAP….is this true? At first, I used to give a mellow answer...

ScottyCarper.com I received some feedback on my newsletters. That feedback was essentially that my tone had changed (I had gotten...

This week’s newsletter has been timed perfectly to coincide when I’m in a mood for the week. Some good news from Leavenworth first....

Throwing money away at the US’s oldest prison. Dignitaries at recent Leavenworth ground breaking ceremony The news from Leavenworth....

GEO Resendential Rentry Center Office. Where my classes are. FORMS We had a ton of new people check in to the HRC.  They were asked to...

My arrest story: A massive mistake, a crazy tale, and how this life-changing experience may have also saved my life.

I am reminded that there is some BOP staff that try to help I received my TDAP (RDAP aftercare) treatment plan today and had a productive...