The First Step Act's federal prison changes
The First Step Act established a federal risk-and-needs assessment system and time-credit provisions for eligible participation, alongside sentencing and reentry changes. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Read the scope first.
Public Law 115-391 as enacted in December 2018; not an individual sentencing or eligibility assessment.
WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS
The record.
Title I directs development of a risk-and-needs assessment system and provides program-related time credits with eligibility restrictions. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
Title IV addresses sentencing provisions, including application of the Fair Sentencing Act to covered offenses. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
KEEP THIS PART ATTACHED
The context.
The provisions concern federal law and have exceptions. The enacted text is not a finding about an individual's eligibility, implementation quality, or effects on recidivism. Those questions require additional records. [U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Open the original.
- Enacted text · U.S. Government Publishing OfficePublic Law 115-391: First Step Act of 2018
Title I, new 18 USC 3632(d)(4); Title IV
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ391/html/PLAW-115publ391.htm
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