The First Step Act faces ongoing implementation challenges as the BOP creates a new office, updates credit rules, and the Supreme Court prepares to hear another case.

Joel Francisco was 14 years into a life sentence for selling crack cocaine when he got his second chance. A landmark piece of criminal justice reform legislation, passed with the support of President ...

The Bureau of Prisons recently stated that it is starting a First Step Act Office and also made changes to help inmates return home sooner, but there are improvements.

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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 ...

“The First Step” follows Van Jones — social entrepreneur, justice and environmental activist, and one of CNN’s legion of political commentators — as he presses those in Washington, D.C. to pass a ...

The resounding victory of the First Step Act in the United States Senate this past Tuesday – passing 87-12 in a bipartisan victory nearly unprecedented in the modern era – illustrates a little-known ...