Scope of Impact: Within the first year of enactment, more than 3,000 federal prisoners were released based on changes to the good-time credits calculation formula under the First Step Act, and more than 2,000 inmates benefited from sentence reductions from the retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.
Jun 23, 2020 · President Trump has bragged about signing the law, which was the first criminal justice reform bill passed in nearly a decade. But simply ...
Jul 3, 2022 · Thousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law remain locked up nearly four years ...
Jan 4, 2019 · For years, Congress had attempted to pass criminal justice reform legislation, such as the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (SRCA) ...
Jul 19, 2019 · The First Step Act gives judges more discretion in sentencing, eases mandatory minimum sentences and encourages inmates to participate in ...
Jul 19, 2019 · Over 3,100 federal prison inmates will be released from the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) custody as a result of the increase in good conduct time ...
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Jul 25, 2021 · Prosecutors have sought to re-incarcerate a handful of offenders, arguing they did not actually qualify for release.
Jul 19, 2019 · For non-violent drug offenders like Norah Yahya, the new law is a new beginning, allowing some prisoners like her to be released early. "It was ...
Nov 24, 2019 · What has the criminal justice overhaul achieved so far? The law's effects are real almost a year later, experts say. But some are concerned ...
Nov 7, 2019 · A striking rift has emerged between White House allies who worked to pass the First Step Act and the Justice Department officials now ...