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September 5, 2016:

From: Justin Paperny, Author of Lessons From Prison & Ethics in Motion 

Recently, I received a call from Alice. Her husband John, a former doctor, is serving 60 months in prison for insurance fraud. Shortly before Alice called me, John called to tell her he had officially been denied access into the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP). He would serve an extra year in prison.  

Upon John’s surrender, Alice told me, he learned about RDAP. He then took aggressive steps, including paying a consultant to try to get in.    Through my interview with Alice, I learned that John failed to disclose his alcohol and substance abuse in his Presentence investigation interview (PSR).  

Like many white-collar offenders, John felt that opening up about his substance and alcohol use would make him appear unfavorably before the court, and lead to further complications. He was also too embarrassed to open up about it.    Upon his surrender, John learned that had he honestly disclosed his issues, and collected the proper evidence, he would have qualified for RDAP and been released from prison 18 months early.   John begged the Drug Program Abuse Coordinator to let him in. Again and again, he was denied.   Like many of us trapped in struggle, John wanted a do over.  

What should John have done?   To begin, John tried to trick prison administrators rather than embrace transparency. He retained a consultant who told him (after his fee was paid) that he would find a counselor willing to write a letter stating that John had problems with alcohol. From there, the letter would be sent to the Drug Program Abuse Counselor. Essentially, this consultant told John and Alice they didn’t “have to really do anything” and that “all their problems would be fixed,” if they paid.   

These types of consultants who offer “guarantees” or who mislead to generate an income, sickens me. Additionally, telling someone they can get out of prison up to 24 months early without effort or work is a lie.    Look, if you are expecting to “do nothing and get 24 months off your prison term,” we aren’t for you.   Our reputation is too important.

I have corporate clients like KPMG, Wells Fargo, Mutual of Omaha and hundreds more for a reason. Fox News, CNBC, ABC, Forbes, and The Esquire Network use White Collar Advice as a resource for a reason. We embrace transparency and facts. Those who sell the “guarantee” or “do nothing to get a desired return” are like the guys who tell you you can have six-pack abs by taking a pill while eating donuts on your couch.  

Before showing up unprepared for his interview with the drug abuse counselor in prison, John should have regrouped. While we know that he was too embarrassed or scared to disclose his substance abuse in his PSR, his inability to explain and sell why he truly had a problem to the Drug Abuse Program Coordinator cost him dearly. Again, our solution is transparency. Scores of defendants have hired White Collar Advice, and been accepted into RDAP, after they failed to disclose their substance abuse during their presentence investigation. 

Others have retained White Collar Advice after they learned simply mentioning substance abuse in their Presentence Interview would not qualify them for RDAP.   Further, we have received calls from families who learned their loved one was denied RDAP despite the judge’s recommendation.  

Those that fail to get into RDAP have four things in common:  

1: They rely on outdated information

2: They rely on misinformation

3: They have inadequate evidence

4: They can’t articulate their history of abuse in a logical way. Offering clichés and buzzwords you have been coached to say no longer works with the BOP.   

What evidence would help you get accepted into RDAP?   We work with our clients to gather letters from doctors, a mental health professional or drug abuse treatment provider. Certainly, we can make a referral to a quality professional if you need one.    The evidence we compile also includes a first person narrative to properly explain the whole history of your substance abuse.   Our narrative, together with the evidence we collect will:

  • Document your history of abuse
  • Show the pattern of your problems
  • Explain how you have built up a tolerance
  • Document withdrawal symptoms
  • Disclose how your abuse contributed to your problems with the law.
  • Lay out the timeline to prove your problems existed 12 months before your arrest of indictment

The biggest problem defendants like John have is not following a methodical, transparent approach to enrolling and graduating from RDAP.   Too many wish or hope it will happen. If wishing or hoping is a strategy you embrace, White Collar Advice is not for you.  

Times are changing. There are so many changes to RDAP—including sensitive ones—clients won’t even email me the details. They either write me letters or have their loved ones call me.  

“We can’t discuss RDAP through email. Keep in mind, some information online about RDAP from just 2 weeks is inaccurate. I know because someone just surrendered and the info they received was way off. Here are some changes on the evidence front, including how a lot of guys are getting thrown out. ” a client currently enrolled in RDAP told me.  

Without proof everything I write or say is simply a claim. To that end, if you would like to speak to our clients to get a better understanding of our process, simply text or call me at 818-424-2220.  

If you would like me to speak with me now click here to schedule a call or call/text me at 818-424-2220.

Best,

Justin Paperny

“What Is RDAP?”

RDAP is a voluntary, nine-month, 500-hundred hour program. In 1994, Congress granted the Bureau of Prisons to give up to a one-year reduction of a prisoner’s sentence, and authorize 6-months in the halfway house or home confinement. This provision was for non-violent prisoners who successfully completed RDAP. RDAP is the only program that provides for early reduction. RDAP embraces a comprehensive and intensive therapeutic community model focused on substance abuse, addiction, criminal thinking patterns, coping skills and more. Further, besides the therapeutic model, three groups of treatment are covered: small, module and self help groups. Schedule a call below to learn more.

Before I went to prison Justin told me all about how I could take a year off my sentence plus get guaranteed halfway house time by taking RDAP. Most importantly, he advised me on what I needed to do prior to my incarceration to ensure admittance into the program, as well as which camps had the best programs. Finally Justin, using his contacts, put me in touch with former inmates who’d completed the program so that I could learn from them more about it beforehand. That advance preparation went a long way into getting me into the program soon after I self surrendered. With Justin’s help, I have since successfully completed the program and will release soon, having served exactly half of my 50 month sentence (with reductions for RDAP, RDAP-guaranteed halfway house, and good time).   Leigh Sprague, Columbia Law School, Class of 1999
Leigh Sprague

RDAP Graduate

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