Category: First Step Act
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As is customary, the BOP is generating more confusion around its implementation of the First Step Act, Second Chance Act, and how time credits will be applied to halfway house placement and home confinement through two conflicting memos. Are we finally moving in the right direction? Let’s break down what was said. William K. Marshall’s…
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Despite an outcry on the Internet Steve Bannon did not get out early on First Step Act because he wasn’t eligible for First Step Act Credit find out more at federalprisontips.com
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FIrst Step Act Allows for “years and years” of RRC according to BOP Director Colette Peters (it’s in the above video). The First Step Act of 2018 is the first significant form of Prison Reform legislation in over three decades. The FSA allows for eligible inmates in federal custody to earn “earned time credits” against…
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If you’ve been on supervised release for a year or longer, haven’t gotten in any trouble with your probation officer, and have had no dirty UA’s (dirty drops), now is the time to consider filing for early termination of supervised release. Judges across the country are granting early terminations more liberally now than ever before…
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The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has confirmed what happens with the extra credits a Federal Inmate earns in Federal Prison under FSA after the first 365 days is redeemed.
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Alphonso Woodley Gets All 810 Days Of FSA Credit The Woodley decision out of the Federal District of Kansas may be the decision that tens of thousands of federal inmates need to finally get First Step Act relief. The First Step Act was passed in 2018. It was the first significant prison reform package in…
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President Joe Biden’s, Federal Bureau of Prisons, failures to correctly implement The First Step Act (passed in December of 2018), are costing the taxpayers billions of dollars, says former Trump Aide Peter Navarro from FPC Miami. Back on March 20, 2024, former White House Aide and Economist Peter Navarro, reported to FPC Miami to begin…
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The First Step Act was the first significant prison reform package in the last three decades. While most people focus on the “Earned Time Credits” that allow inmates to earn time off their sentences by participating in Evidence Based Recidivism Reducing Program (EBRR) and other Productive Activities (PAs), there were several other benefits from the…
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There are two very important “Scores” when it comes to Federal Inmates. The first important score is the “custody score”. An inmate’s custody score is made up of 11 different factors including things like age, charge, history of violence, education level and living skills. The factors in a custody score are calculated and then a…