National Prison and Sentencing Consultants
Effective January 1, 2025 BOP to incentivize FSA participation.
USSC addresses Acquitted Conduct in the 2024 Proposed Amendments
On August 24, 2023, the United States Sentencing Commission will vote to determine with certain Amendments to the United States Sentencing Guideli...
New Department of Justice interpretation of the CARES Act that those federal inmates released to Home Confinement will NOT have to be returned to Prison.
UPDATE: January 4, 2022: ON DECEMBER 21, 2021, THE DOJ ANNOUNCED THAT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS NEED NOT RECALL ALL THOSE ON HOME CONFINEMENT ...
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), both members of the Judiciary Committee, today introduced a bill aimed at the large fed...
At long last, the Federal Bureau of Prisons has announced the programs to be utilized to allow eligible federal inmates to receive earned time cre...
On January 15, 2020 the Justice Department issued a press release summarizing the developments on the implementation of the First Step Act and its...
As many familiar with our federal sentencing scheme are aware, many federal defendants who proceed to trial and are acquitted of some but not all ...
Many terminally ill federal inmates being released under the First Step Act.
We have been receiving many phone calls an emails regarding the meaning and application of the First Step Act. We will summarize its relevant provisions and hope to clarify many of its misunderstood provisions.
Yesterday, December 18, 2018, The United States Senate, by a vote of 87 to 12, has approved the First Step Act.
The last month as been a bit of a roller coaster ride regarding the First Step Act. The folk here and National Prison and Sentencing Consultants h...
Finally, a hint of welcome news from Washington, DC about the First Step Act. Recent reports suggest that the bill does have a chance of passing b...
Although current political realities have effectively eliminated the chances for the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act from being passed, it appears that the First Step Act is poised for passage in the House today.
Yesterday, the Senate and the House of Representatives introduced companion federal prison reform bills, which at present, appears to have bipartisan support.
Since 2015, when Senator Grassley introduced the bipartisan supported Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act (SRCA)....
Well, finally some good news on the federal legislative front. It appears that federal prison and sentencing reform is finally gaining some moment...
In an effort to keep our clients and readers up to date, we have listed below many of the pending bills currently in Congress to reform either fed...
In addition to the legislation discussed below, On October 5, 2017 Senator Grassley has introduced S.1917 – The Sentencing Reform and Corrections ...
July 24, 2017: Summer 2017 Legislative Updates-Federal Prisons With the Summer halfway through, the federal prison rumor mill is in full swing. ...
