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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48138441
Excerpt: "After the trial is done and the sentence is passed, ensuring placement in a good prison is key, and a large part of the programmes all these consultants offer.
The Cohens and the Loughlins of the world typically end up in minimum security camps that often don't even have a full fence and are dormitory-style rather than cell blocks.
They may have to bunk with dozens of fellow inmates, but federal prison camp life is a far cry from how it is portrayed on shows such as Orange is the New Black.
That said, camp placement isn't always assured.
"Because of the 44% average overcrowding, people who are scored for a camp are going to low, medium or high security prisons," says Michael Frantz, director of Jail Time Consulting.
"They can put them anywhere, 2,000, 2,500 miles from family. In a low [security prison], there's a little bit of violence but not a whole lot.
"When you get up to a medium or high - that's where the rapes occur, the stabbings, the beatings, the games and the violence."
Mr Frantz - who spent 36 months in federal prison - helps clients petition for safe locations that allow as much freedom as possible, while also taking into account a client's personal preferences."
Excerpt: "After the trial is done and the sentence is passed, ensuring placement in a good prison is key, and a large part of the programmes all these consultants offer.
The Cohens and the Loughlins of the world typically end up in minimum security camps that often don't even have a full fence and are dormitory-style rather than cell blocks.
They may have to bunk with dozens of fellow inmates, but federal prison camp life is a far cry from how it is portrayed on shows such as Orange is the New Black.
That said, camp placement isn't always assured.
"Because of the 44% average overcrowding, people who are scored for a camp are going to low, medium or high security prisons," says Michael Frantz, director of Jail Time Consulting.
"They can put them anywhere, 2,000, 2,500 miles from family. In a low [security prison], there's a little bit of violence but not a whole lot.
"When you get up to a medium or high - that's where the rapes occur, the stabbings, the beatings, the games and the violence."
Mr Frantz - who spent 36 months in federal prison - helps clients petition for safe locations that allow as much freedom as possible, while also taking into account a client's personal preferences."