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Larry Jay Levine (born July 1, 1961) is an American federal prison consultant. In October, 2006, Larry Levine founded American Prison Consultants, a legal services firm that provides information and federal criminal litigation assistance to offenders going through criminal proceedings in U.S. District Court, and are about to enter the federal prison system.
Levine's consulting program is centered around the Trademarked "FEDTIME 101" prison survival educational course.
FEDTIME101 MODULE A Federal Prison History / Structure, BOP Program Statements / Regs, Custody/Security Classifications, Types of Federal Prisons, Dealing With BOP Staff, BOP Staff Job Descriptions, BOP Staff Ranks & Pay Scales, BOP Staff Personality Types, Writing Up A Staff Member, Why Staff Lie & Dislike Inmates, Your 1st Day What To Bring With, The Daily Prison Grind, Prevent Being RAPED, RDAP-The Drug Program, Inmate Living Conditions, Visiting Regulations, Mail Regulations, Telephone Regulations, Work Assignments,
FEDTIME101 MODULE B Inmate Civil Rights, Administrative Remedies, Disciplinary Sanctions (SHOTS), Sanction Hearings, Unit Team-Program Reviews, Staying Out of Solitary (The SHU), Prison Slang & Lingo, Inmate Etiquette & Politics, Dealing With Other Inmates, Avoiding and Spotting Informants, Dealing With Gang Members, Defusing A Confrontation, Delaying Collection of Fines, Delaying Collection of Restitution, How Goodtime Works, Avoiding Goodtime Loss, Calculating Release Dates, Half Way Houses-Reentry Centers, Home Confinement,
FEDTIME101 MODULE C Educational Opportunities, Leisure-Law Library Usage, Religious Services, Recreation Activities, Food Service-The Dining Hall, Inmate Trust Fund Accounts, The Commissary Inmate Store, Navigating The Prison Black Market, Microwave Cooking Techniques, Avoiding Bad Prison Jobs, Medical Care & Work Restrictions, Getting A Lower Bunk Pass, Getting A Soft Shoe Permit, Inmate Personal Property, Inmate Transfer Furloughs, Flying CON AIR, Temporary Release Furloughs, How To Survive A Prison Riot, Getting Extra Time Off Sentences
American Prison Consultants also operates under the synonymous name of Wall Street Prison Consultants.
Levine was arrested by a Federal Organized Crime Task Force in 1998, and was convicted on conspiracy charges relating to narcotics trafficking, securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and possession of automatic weapons. He was sentenced to ten years in federal prison by former U.S. District Judge Carlos R. Moreno who is now a Justice on the Supreme Court of California. In 2005, Levine was incarcerated at the former Nellis Federal Prison Camp on Nellis Air Force Base outside of Las Vegas, Nevada, and upon its closure was transferred along with several hundred other Nellis white-collar inmates to the gang infested higher security La Tuna Federal Prison on the El Paso, Texas-Mexican Border. While at La Tuna, Levine single-handedly, pursuant to 28 USC 2241, filed a Federal Class Action Habeas Corpus Lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Prisons claiming that the DOJ had violated its own policies by sending the Nellis inmates into higher custody. Due to Levine's actions, the DOJ was forced to act and subsequently shifted hundreds of its inmates around the country to conform to the lawsuit's claims.
While in custody, Levine served time in 11 different Federal Correctional Institutions in California, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, and Oklahoma, where he self educated himself in Federal Criminal law, and upon release in 2007, became a renowned International expert on the U.S. Federal Criminal Justice System. Levine's advise, views, and comments, frequently appear in wire service news reports, TV, broadcast radio, magazine, and newspaper articles worldwide. Since the Bernard Madoff scandal, he has become a popular interview subject on CNN, Fox News Channel, CBS News, ABC News, MSNBC, Bloomberg and others.
In July, 2009, Levine was issued a Cease and Desist Letter by the NYSE New York Stock Exchange for copyright and trademark infringements due to Levine's use of images of the New York Stock Exchange and references to the NYSE and crime on the Wall Street Prison Consultants website.
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Roberts, Chris: "Inmates Say They Don't Belong In La Tuna Prison" "El Paso Times" 2005-12-27Babineck, Mark: "Prison Camp Inmates file suit after cost cutting plans place them in company of violent offenders" Houston Chronicle 2006-1-3
Roberts, Chris: "La Tuna Inmates Say Prison Doesn't Follow Procedures" El Paso Times 2006-7-3
Sheppard, Todd: "Doing Time" "Colorado Morning News" KOA (AM) Denver, 2008-2-15
Skamenca, August: "Fedtime101" KTRH News Radio Houston, 2008-3-10
Avery, Simon: "New Inmate Will Face Germs And Overcrowding" "The Globe and Mail" 2008-3-4
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Business Insider "Reduce Your White Collar Prison Time The Waksal Way" 2009-01-02 [2]
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CBS Evening News, 2009-3-13
CNN Money "No Club Fed likely for Madoff" 2009-3-12 [6]
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Fienberg, Lexi: "There's something about Larry" Forbes Magazine 2009-4-16 [9]
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ABC News "Actor Wesley Snipes Reports to Pennsylvania Federal Prison" 2010-12-9 [31]
Golding, Bruce: "Jury Scuttles jolley-rajer" New York Post 2011-05-12 [32]
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