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Consultants you can hire, and churches, ministries and programs that help for free, organized by phase. Every listing is added and screened by Restored Network; nobody can list themselves. Verified partners carry a badge; the rest are planned partners or example referrals, with no affiliation implied.

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  • Walt Pavlo · Prisonology

    Co-founder, Prisonology · writer on the federal prison system

    North Palm Beach, FL

    Consultant

    Prisonology is a team of former Bureau of Prisons officials who help defendants, families and attorneys before and after sentencing: pre-sentence report review, pre-surrender counseling, sentence computation, First Step Act analysis and expert declarations. Walt has written about the federal system for years and co-founded the company with Jack Donson.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3
    prisonology.com
    Verified partner

  • Jack T. Donson · My Federal Prison Consultant

    32 years in the Bureau of Prisons · co-founder of Prisonology

    New York, NY

    Consultant

    Retired from the BOP after a career in case management at every security level, in the Philadelphia Regional Office and the New York Community Corrections Office, where he drafted institution and national policy and trained counselors and case managers. He now supports families, attorneys and federal defenders, and trains judges and CJA panel attorneys.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    myfederalprisonconsultant.com
    Verified partner

  • Hugh Hurwitz · HJH Advisors

    Former Acting Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons (2018–2019)

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    Led the Bureau of Prisons as Acting Director, overseeing 122 facilities and more than 200 residential reentry centers, after serving as Assistant Director for Reentry Services and as the agency's CFO. His firm advises on prison management, reentry and reform. Senior-level perspective on how the system actually makes decisions.

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    counciloncj.org
    Verified partner

  • Jan Perdue · Expert Prison Consultants

    34 years in the Bureau of Prisons · former Associate Warden and Residential Reentry Manager

    Chicago, IL

    Consultant

    Retired in 2022 after a career that ran from correctional officer and case manager to Associate Warden at MCC Chicago and twelve years as a Residential Reentry Manager. She advises attorneys, federal defenders, individuals and families facing or serving federal sentences, and has given expert testimony on institutional operations.

    Fee-basedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    expertprisonconsultants.com
    Verified partner

  • Susan Giddings, PhD

    33 years in the Bureau of Prisons · former Unit Management Section Chief

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    Rose from correctional officer in 1991 through case management to Unit Management Section Chief in the Correctional Programs Branch in Washington, retiring in 2024. Her consulting practice provides assessment and training to correctional agencies, and she co-hosts the radio show "Around the Block" on the federal system.

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3Phase 4
    linkedin.com
    Verified partner

  • Adam Clausen · Social Purpose Corrections

    Director of Innovation and Social Impact, SPCOR · 20+ years inside, now free

    Serves families nationally

    Consultant

    Sentenced in 2001 to 213 years with no parole, he spent more than twenty years inside before earning a second chance. He now coaches and trains on crisis management, conflict resolution and leadership, and leads social-impact work at Social Purpose Corrections, which consults on facility culture and officer retention. Someone who has lived every phase of this road.

    Fee-basedPhase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 7
    spcor.org
    Verified partner

  • Jeff Grant · White Collar Support Group

    Founder, Progressive Prison Ministries · weekly peer support since 2013

    Greenwich, CT

    Ministry

    A 501(c)(3) ministry running the first support group for people navigating the white-collar justice system and their families. Free, confidential Monday-night meetings on Zoom, speaker events, an annual conference and advocacy. Nearly 2,000 justice-impacted people have attended since 2013.

    Donation-supportedPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 7
    prisonist.org
    Verified partner

  • Sam Mangel · Federal prison consultant

    Boca Raton, FL

    Consultant

    Federal prison consultant offering preparation for surrender, designation guidance and information about programs. Consultants are not lawyers.

    Fee-basedPhase 2Phase 3
    Planned partner / example referral. No affiliation implied.

  • BRAVE Church

    Denver, CO

    Church

    Restored Network’s founding church partner. BRAVE Church in Denver, Colorado, is the first church to be inside prisons directly, bringing worship, Bible study, mentors and chaplain support to people on the inside and walking with their families on the outside. BRAVE is where the Restored Network ministry connections (BSF, Prison Fellowship, mentors, inmate church, chaplains, Gloo) begin.

    FreePhase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 6Phase 7
    bravechurch.co
    Verified partner

  • Prison Fellowship

    Serves families nationally

    Ministry

    National Christian ministry serving people in prison and their families, including the Academy in-prison program and Angel Tree for children.

    FreePhase 3Phase 4Phase 7
    prisonfellowship.org
    Planned partner / example referral. No affiliation implied.

Partners are added by Restored Network. To be considered, email [email protected].