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Prison Consultants Offer 411 for White Collar Criminals

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, February 27, 2009.

"Larry Levine is among a small but growing number of consultants working as prison life coaches to the perpetrators of schemes, scams and swindles, reports the Los Angeles Times. White-collar criminals have long employed coaches to prep them on what to expect in the joint. But a new crop of consultants includes former prison staffers, disbarred lawyers and self-trained former jailhouse lawyers."

" 'We like to use the phrase 'jailhouse litigator,' ' says Levine, 47. 'Jailhouse lawyer sounds cheap.' For fees ranging from a few hundred dollars to many thousands, consultants will explain the maze of regulations that govern every minute behind bars. They'll show clients how to file a grievance, obtain a desirable prison job or get transferred to a nicer lockup. And they give newbies a crash course on prison lingo, culture and behavior - the do's and don'ts of a violent place where the wrong move could be their last.

Los Angeles Times

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).