While walking to Georgetown Law School today to lecture, I received an interesting phone call. The call was so interesting I decided to film a short impromptu video only minutes before my lecture at Georgetown was due to begin.
The call was from a current federal prisoner at Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp. I learned on our call he was calling me from an iPhone – an iPhone, of course, he is not allowed to have in federal prison. The consequences, if he were caught, is a significant disciplinary infraction. There is no doubt he would go from a minimum security prison to a low-security prison. He would also lose his good time.
On our call I listened as he complained about his sentence and experience through federal prison. He lamented that is friends and family didn’t want to visit him and he was utterly lost on the inside.
Suffice to say my advice was direct. I encouraged him to immediately give up the iPhone. Further, I encouraged him to try to find some perspective and to recognize that it is a horrific idea to complain about a nine-month federal prison term, especially when good men around him are serving significantly longer sentences.
If you will go to federal prison, I know it is not easy. But I encourage you to avoid these two horrific mistakes this federal prisoner made. First never use an iPhone and second do not complain and make matters worse for those that love and support you.
Thank you,
Justin Paperny
P.S. Could my iPhone have been any closer to my face!
P.S.S. Text LIBERTY to 44222 for a free copy of Lessons From Prison. Start reading about the U Shaped Curve Now and how it will impact your prison term positively.
P.S.S.S. I have never done a P.S.S.S. before so I decided to try one now as I post this video from 30,000 feet while flying home from DC.
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