Their release date, and what moves it.

Give us the case number. We watch the case, check the math on their release date, and answer their questions from inside.

How it works

Someone files a motion for a new trial. A deadline moves. A new prosecutor takes over.

It's their case. Nobody tells them. When word finally gets there, it says “Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief.”

Kite Slip watches the case and tells them what happened.

Four steps. Only one happens inside.

  1. 1

    You give us the case number.

    That's the whole setup. Add prison paperwork if you have it. Nothing from the lawyer's file.

    Family
  2. 2

    We go get the court record.

    Every filing on that case number, and we keep checking. We line it up with the sentencing rules and their facility's own handbook. When something lands, we see it that day.

    Kite Slip
  3. 3

    They send a kite.

    A kite is the slip you fill out to reach medical or the law library. This one goes to the legal side. No legal words needed. The facility reads it, same as always.

    Inside
  4. 4

    The answer comes back, cited.

    With the page numbers it came from, and every citation checked against the public court record.

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A completed kite slip and the answer returned below the tear line.
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I finished the drug program in March and my release date sheet hasn't changed. Should it have by now?

Answer

Those are two different things. Earned time credits build up as you finish programs — ten days for every thirty, fifteen if you've scored minimum or low risk twice in a row. The RDAP cut is separate, and your sheet only shows one of them.

  • 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4) Verified
  • Your release date sheet, page 2 In your file
  • One authority did not resolve Withheld

What they can ask it.

How the time was counted.

Every number behind their release date — the sentence, time already served, good conduct time, credits earned — with the rule behind each one. It's arithmetic, and arithmetic can be wrong.

How their release date adds up
  • 120 mo The sentence, counts 1 and 3
  • − 470 d Time already served
  • − 540 d Good conduct time
  • − 365 d Earned time credits

What gets filed while they wait.

What was filed, who filed it, and what it means — in plain words, the day it happens. Not three weeks later, secondhand.

How to file what they need.

Their facility's own handbook and forms. What a BP-8 has to say, when it's due, what comes next. Miss a date and it gets thrown out, so we track them.

A law library that's always open.

Ask in plain English and get the law that answers it — the cases, the statutes, the sentencing rules. No slot to put in for. No waiting on the one terminal that works.

What they qualify for, and when.

Earned time credits, RDAP, halfway house and home confinement. Worked out from what they were convicted of, not from a guess.

What just changed.

Laws change. Rules change. When one affects their case, they hear it from us — with the place it says so.

All we need is the case number.

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    We do the digging.

    Everything filed on their case is public, and getting it is our job. Nothing to scan, sort or mail, and nothing from your attorney's file. We'll never ask you for a court login or a password — we use our own. Setup takes a minute.

  2. 2

    Some paperwork is safer where it is.

    The presentence report most of all. The prison won't allow one in a cell, and for good reason: a PSR can show who cooperated. It's safer with your attorney, so we don't take it.

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    We never contact your person. You do.

    We write the answer. You send it yourself, from your own account, the same way you always have. We have no account inside. Nothing leaves here on its own.

What this means for you

Less to do, and less to worry about. What's left is arithmetic, paperwork and deadlines — which is exactly where the months go missing.

AI makes up court cases. We check.

Cases in this answer Looked up in the public record
  • United States v. Booker 543 U.S. 220 (2005) Sent
  • Kimbrough v. United States 552 U.S. 85 (2007) Sent
  • Concepcion v. United States 597 U.S. 481 (2022) Sent
  • A case the AI made up No match in the public record Not sent

Three checked out and were sent. The fourth didn't exist. One made-up case costs your person credibility they only get once with that judge — so it never left.

Where a lawyer comes in

We'll find them the law, tell them what it says, and say which part usually matters most. Every answer gives real cases and page numbers a lawyer can pick up. Nobody here will tell you a case will be won, reduced or reopened.

Who it's for.

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The person inside

You send a kite the way you always have. No law library slot. No callback two weeks out. Ask about your release date and get an answer with the page it came from.

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Family on the outside

You open the account and give us the case number. That's it. No sorting, no scanning, no box. You've been the paralegal and the messenger for months. Go back to being family.

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Attorneys and post-conviction clinics

Every case is looked up in the public record first, so anything that reaches you comes with a citation you can pull yourself.

Start free. Move up with the case.

Free

$0 100 credits a month

For questions about the law and the rules.

  • About five answers a month
  • Bureau of Prisons policy: grievances, discipline, visiting, mail, medical
  • Your facility's own rules, not just the national ones
  • Federal law and the published sentencing rules
  • Every citation checked before you see it
  • Answers sized to fit one message
  • No card, no deposit, no waiting list
Set up a seat

Records

$39 per month

For when the case is over and only the release date still moves.

  • Everything in Free, and 2,500 credits a month
  • Upload the paperwork the Bureau already gave them
  • Their release date sheet and credit statements, explained
  • The published rule behind each number, cited
  • Where the paperwork and the rule don't line up, flagged
  • Real halfway house bed space in their release district
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Docket

$99 per month

For when the case is still live.

  • Everything in Records, and 10,000 credits a month
  • We pull their court record and watch it
  • Every filing explained in plain words
  • 100 pages of court documents included, then at cost
  • Direct appeal, §2255, compassionate release, resentencing
Not open yet

Credits track what an answer costs us to make — a short question costs less than a long one. Free resets on the first of the month and doesn't roll over.

Set up their seat from the outside.

Your name and email, their register number, and where they're held. That's the whole thing, and it takes about a minute. No card, nothing to wait for. You've been holding this end alone a long time.

The account is yours. They don't need an email of their own.

Eight digits, on any letter from the Bureau. Don't have it? Start anyway — it's on the next page.

Free, and it stays free. Nothing is charged here or on the next page.