Mad Dog's Visitor's Handbook for Federal Inmates You Get: * Complete commissary lists from 17 different institutions showing products (and prices) for sell to inmates. These include samples from all security levels, detention centers, medical centers, female facilities, transfer centers, a privately managed prison (CI), and the hole * Detailed answers to 62 essential questions regarding inmate visits * Convenient list of institutional abbreviations and acronyms * History of the Federal Bureau of Prisons along with statistics regarding: population, security levels, and types of offenses, sentence lengths, racial breakdown, and staff breakdown * A simple explanation of prison types and security levels * Detailed information about privately managed prisons and their contact information * Information about home confinement, halfway houses, and a listing of Community Corrections Management offices * Specific answers to questions about the drug program that allow inmates to get a year knocked off of their sentence. This includes a list of facilities that offer the program including: female institutions, security levels, and programs offered in Spanish language * Background on Federal Prison Industries (UNICOR) with a list of institutions that offer this option and a breakdown of goods and services offered at each location * A fascinating history of specific federal prisons and famous inmates * A listing of helpful web sites and phone numbers for travel to federal facilities * A list of 32 inmate pen pal organizations