The First Step Act, short for Formerly Incarcerated Reenter ... people are held on a typical day in America. Just look at this chart from the Prison Policy Initiative, which shows both local ...

“The First Step Act gives nonviolent offenders the chance ... people are held on a typical day in America. Just look at this chart from the Prison Policy Initiative, which shows both local ...

For months, advocates and lawmakers have worked together to craft a criminal justice reform bill, known as the FIRST STEP Act, that enjoys broad support from the White House and members of Congress in ...

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They then will describe how the system is broken, and layout plans to fix it. The First Step Act is sure to be front and center in those plans. Whether the candidates helped usher the legislation ...

At the close of 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act, the groundbreaking prison and sentencing reform bill that passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support. Since that time ...

But the FIRST STEP Act is just that: a first step that will, among other things, give judges more leeway at sentencing and adjust mandatory minimums for some crack cocaine charges. This effort ...

Four years ago this week, just before Christmas, both parties came together for a holiday miracle: passing the First Step Act, the most significant change to our justice system in decades.

Hailed by supporters as a pivotal moment in the movement to create a more fair justice system, endorsed by an unlikely alliance that includes President Donald Trump and the American Civil Liberties ...

A convicted terrorist financier serving a 30-year sentence in U.S. federal prison was recently released under the First Step Act after serving only 23 years, and said he "would be proud" to send ...

The First Step Act (FSA) was a landmark achievement in the area of criminal justice reform. It came at a time of partisan politics and a divided Congress and was the only significant bi-partisan ...

Deter criminal behavior? Congress’s latest stab at federal criminal-justice reform, officially known as the First Step Act, brings those questions to mind. Or at least it should. But proponents ...