Will Farrell and Kevin Hart star in the movie ‘Get Hard,‘ which premiered last week. Farrell plays a convicted white-collar criminal who is facing a decade in San Quentin State Prison. To prepare for prison, Farrell reaches out to Hart who is cast as a hard working, struggling, owner of a car wash business looking for a break in life. That break comes when Farrell asks Hart to coach him about surviving prison. I went to the movie last Friday (Research) to get my own take and found it funny, entertaining, and much different than the prison experience I had known. For the record, I’m not a good person to rely upon for movie recommendations as my favorites are flicks like Tommy Boy, Happy Gilmore and The Blues Brothers.
While the film is a comedy I will give it a break on the accuracy of its portrayal of prison life. However, when the FBI (federal) busts a white-collar criminal, the resulting punishment will be that the offender goes to a federal prison, not state. In Get Hard, the main character was being sentenced to San Quentin (A California State Prison). They should have consulted me on that to get it right.
In reality, there are a number of prison consultants who prepare people for their upcoming prison stay. They charge anywhere from $1,000, gets you some compassion and an overview of prison, to $20,000, the platinum package that caters to big time white collar felons. One of those is Obie Chambers, who has a consulting practice based in Charlotte, NC called The Exigency Group. His clients include recently indicted drug offenders and white-collar criminals who are facing terms in federal prison. Chambers’ experience comes from his own 20-month prison term on marijuana distribution charges, which he completed in 2014. Fresh off of his experience, he is serving up advice to those heading to federal prison.
read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/walterpavlo/2015/03/31/did-get-hard-get-it-right-a-real-look-at-prison-consulting/
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