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First Step Act
United States federal statute
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- Criminal Justice Reform (1)
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First Step Act (1) · Bureau of Prisons (1) · Prison reform (1) · Criminal justice (1) · Federal prisons (1) · Inmate release (1) · Taxpayer costs (1) · Pre-release custody (1)
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The First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018. The act enacted several changes in U.S. federal criminal law aimed at reforming federal prisons and sentencing laws in order to reduce recidivism, decreasing the federal inmate population, and maintaining public safety.
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🇺🇸 From prison cell to federal reform: A fix for the First Step ActThe Bureau of Prisons has failed to properly administer the First Step Act, resulting in tens of thousands of inmates being held for months longer tha...
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