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Sentencing Law and Policy
GAO releases big report concluding "Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and Needs Assessment System"
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released this big new Report to Congressional Committees fully titled "Federal Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and…
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GAO releases big report concluding “Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and Needs Assessment System”
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released this big new Report to Congressional Committees fully titled "Federal Prisons: Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and…
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Highlighting the continuing challenges of calculating FIRST STEP Act earned time credits
At Forbes, Walter Pavlo has this new piece, headlined "The Bureau Of Prisons Evolving Calculation Of First Step Act," on the continuing challenges of applying a key aspect of prison…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Highlighting the continuing challenges of calculating FIRST STEP Act earned time credits
At Forbes, Walter Pavlo has this new piece, headlined "The Bureau Of Prisons Evolving Calculation Of First Step Act," on the continuing challenges of applying a key aspect of prison…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former BOP director talks up need for second step to follow up FIRST STEP Act
Hugh Hurwitz, who served as Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from May 2018 to August 2019, has this notable new Hill commentary headlined "First Step Act was…
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Former BOP director talks up need for second step to follow up FIRST STEP Act
Hugh Hurwitz, who served as Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from May 2018 to August 2019, has this notable new Hill commentary headlined "First Step Act was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"Revocation at the Founding"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper authored by Jacob Schuman and now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: The Supreme Court is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS grants certiorari to review reach of FIRST STEP Act's expansion of statutory safety valve
As predicted in this post a couple days ago, sentencing fans now get to turn their attention to the Supreme Court for the next chapter of a fascinating FIRST STEP…
Criminal
SCOTUS grants certiorari to review reach of FIRST STEP Act’s expansion of statutory safety valve
As predicted in this post a couple days ago, sentencing fans now get to turn their attention to the Supreme Court for the next chapter of a fascinating FIRST STEP…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split over reading of the FIRST-STEP-amended safety valve provision appears ready for SCOTUS review
In this post a couple of days ago, which discussed the latest notable circuit opinion interpreting the language Congress used in the FIRST STEP Act to expand the statutory safety…