"He is a technical engineer that is going to a think tank to continue to do what he does best which is innovate future amazing products."
Really? So you think Federal prison is a "think tank"? David Foley enters the Federal Bureau of Prisons on 27 March 2014 and while he is in prison, he will have NO computer access except law library computers (usually only on Saturdays) to search law databases and word process.
He will have NO internet access except TruLINCS the Federal prison monitored email system which allows prisoners to send and receive emails to a very limited number of pre-approved recipients.
He will be PROHIBITED from transacting ANY BUSINESS or communicating any business-related information while in prison - no exceptions.
He will be awakened every weekday at 5:45AM, eat breakfast, make his bunk and clean his cubicle, and dress for work. Work detail starts at 7:30AM and continues until 3PM with lunch at 11AM. When he returns to his housing unit at 3:30PM, he has 30 minutes to get ready for dinner which is right after the 4PM standing count. By 6PM he will be back in the TV lounge or his bunk - lights out at 10 or 10:30PM.
Kinda hard to consider that a "think tank" environment.
No web surfing in the joint. No cellphones or smartphones. No reading online journals or tech news. Nope, only allowed a limited number of magazine subscriptions and can only have 2-5 books in possession at any time - if you order books, you have to get rid of some so you don't exceed the facilities limit of 2-5. You contribute them to the BOP and will not get them back.
Kinda hard to do much technical reading and keep up with the industry while you're doing time and working as a landscaper/janitor/maintenance/food worker or in UNICOR industries 8 hours a day.
"Think tank" - I don't think so.
David Foley will NOT like his two years in Federal prison. Even at the FCI-Low facilities where he will be, there are typically 50 percent black, 30 percent Hispanic and whites are a definite minority and are treated as such. Foley will NOT like that. But his Spanish will improve. That will certainly be a learning experience. When he gets out, he will have had 20.4 months without programming a single line of code.
Yes, David Foley is in for quite an experience. Think-tanking will not be part of it.
