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November 12, 2024

Courts Continue To Hand Bureau Of Prisons Losses On First Step Act

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is still having issues interpreting the First Step Act (FSA), which was enacted in December 2018 under Donald Trump. As Trump returns to the White House next January, he’ll see a BOP that is still struggling in implementing FSA, which was meant to save money on incarceration. However, the BOP has continued to interpret the FSA in a way that favors longer incarceration in institutions rather than sending men and women into lesser restrictive community options, such as halfway houses and home confinement. A judge in the Middle District of Alabama made a ruling that could affect the sentences of thousands of federal prisoners, if the BOP would make a broader change to its policies rather than addressing issues one at a time in court.

November 7, 2024

The Bureau Of Prisons Under A Trump Administration

President Donald Trump handily won the election and will be sworn in as the 47th president in January 2025. As a result, we all know change is coming throughout the government but the differences in the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will likely be dramatic.

October 30, 2024

Bureau Of Prisons Could Do More To Send People Home, Why Aren’t They?

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) represents the largest component of the entire Department of Justice with a budget of $8.3 billion. Like other federal agencies, each year BOP requests funding and there is plenty of reasons for them to ask for more.

October 27, 2024

Steve Bannon To Be Released From Prison This Week, Right On Time

Steve Bannon, an advisor to President Donald Trump and his campaign, was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after he refused to cooperate with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 Committee. He is scheduled to be released October 29, having served his full 120 day sentence. Since the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has a number of ways to reduce the time in prison, many wonder why Bannon has served his entire sentence at FCI Danbury in Connecticut.

October 24, 2024

Federal Prisoners Who Sparked Protest Still Being Held In Isolation

As has been written here many times over the past three years, the First Step Act has gone through several iterations and setbacks in implementation. The First Step Act (FSA) drastically changed the way federal prisoners could reduce their sentence and increase the amount of time they spend in the community at the end of their sentence.