Michael G Pearlman

Mike Pearlman brings to this work a combination of academic training, work experience, and teaching skills. He has a master's degree in Criminology and Corrections from Florida State University, as well as a master's degree in Government from Southern Illinois University, and a law degree from George Mason University. He has worked in the correctional field since 1968 in youth, medium, and maximum security adult facilities, as well as in the headquarters office of the Federal Bureau of Prisons....See more

Mike Pearlman brings to this work a combination of academic training, work experience, and teaching skills. He has a master's degree in Criminology and Corrections from Florida State University, as well as a master's degree in Government from Southern Illinois University, and a law degree from George Mason University. He has worked in the correctional field since 1968 in youth, medium, and maximum security adult facilities, as well as in the headquarters office of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. His work experience is varied - beginning with an externship as a psychometrist at a youth facility. This work involved administering psychological tests to and participating in individual and group counseling sessions with inmates. His formal work career includes assignments as a caseworker and casework supervisor, as a rules and regulations specialist, as the Executive Assistant to the General Counsel, and as the Legal Administrative Officer. As the Legal Administrative Officer, Mike's responsibilities included such duties as overseeing the Bureau of Prisons' inmate grievance program; the preparation of Bureau of Prisons rules governing the care, custody, treatment, and management of inmates; the legal training provided to new Bureau of Prisons staff; the legal intern program; and the Freedom of Information Program. Prior to his retirement, Mike was assigned responsibility for coordinating the Bureau of Prisons involvement in carrying out the Congressionally mandated closure of a prison system. In part, this involved the transfer of approximately 7,000 District of Columbia felons to Bureau of Prisons facilities. Mr. Pearlman has been an instructor in the criminal justice and sociology area for22 years, teaching at American University, Northern Virginia Community College, and George Mason University. He has taught a variety of subjects, such as Correctional Law, Introduction to Corrections, Administration of Correctional Institutions, Criminology, Criminal Law, Deviance, and Sociology of Punishment and Corrections.He has taught on both the undergraduate and graduate level. See less