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Bureau Of Prisons’ Video On First Step Act Lays Out Program
(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters had a new video released in an attempt to clarify the rules under which First Step Act ...
Black Enterprise28d
We Need A Second First Step To Address Prison Abuse
The First Step Act dismantled draconian practices that most Americans, if they knew about them, would be horrified to believe ever existed. Before the Act, it was legal—and common—for pregnant ...
National Review5y
The First Step Act Resulted in 1,151 Crack Sentence Reductions, and That’s Great
The First Step Act, which President Trump signed into law in December 2018, included a provision that retroactively applied the reductions in penalties for crack cocaine offenses that Congress had ...