Judge Rules in Favor of Federal Inmates in Coronavirus Suit, Orders Speedier Releases
A Connecticut federal prison's failures to grant early release to eligible inmates "amount to deliberate indifference" under the Eighth Amendment, the judge says.
A Connecticut federal prison's failures to grant early release to eligible inmates "amount to deliberate indifference" under the Eighth Amendment, the judge says.
If officials want to ease the burden of the pandemic behind bars, there are hundreds of thousands of inmates who can help them do it.
Andrea Circle Bear was serving a 2-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
Fears of contracting COVID-19 in prison are not enough, Justice Department says
"What they are doing to people is cruel and unusual. It isn't right."
William Barr: "We want to make sure our institutions don't become petri dishes."
A Maryland defense attorney says the Bureau of Prisons is ignoring a judge's order to release his client into home confinement because of coronavirus concerns.
"They were not sentenced to death, and they should be released immediately."
She was imprisoned for a year as she resisted a grand jury's investigation of WikiLeaks.
Those who reported sexual abuse were sent to a county jail, the suit alleges.
We probably won’t see a follow up to the FIRST STEP Act. But it’s still been a boon to federal prisoners.
Criminal justice reformers say the federal prison system is in desperate need of more oversight.
The most unusual thing about Jeffrey Epstein dying in a federal jail was how quickly the Justice Department sprang into action to investigate it.
While the president's mercy might be self-serving, it's not necessarily wrong.
After two decades of mercy, the Justice Department announces five men on federal death row will face lethal injections this winter.
Judges would be permitted to rethink sentences after 10 years have been served, particularly for inmates over the age of 50.
Many benefit from an increase in "good time" credits and from retroactive reductions in crack cocaine mandatory minimum sentences.
A congressman forwarded messages to the Bureau of Prisons from Rick Turner's family begging for his relocation. Two were ignored.
Booker would move the process away from prosecutors and into the White House.
The FIRST STEP Act gives dying inmates the opportunity to appeal to a judge for compassionate release. This case shows why.
Double jeopardy or a way of circumventing a potential Trump pardon? Or both?
The FIRST STEP Act called for $75 million for reentry programs. It's not listed in the White House's summary.
Overall, CPAC attendees seem enthusiastic about criminal justice reform.
Inmates were left in the dark and frigid cold for a week, while families and lawyers were denied access.
"We're all better off when former inmates can reenter society as law-abiding, productive citizens."
What did it take? A promise not to make mandatory minimum reductions retroactive.
Read the horrifying story of one woman who went through it.
Trump and Republicans will wait until after midterm elections to try to pass a long-awaited prison reform bill.
Now writers, activists, and thousands of readers are calling on Trump to commute Matthew Charles' sentence.
The House passed a major, bipartisan prison reform bill backed by the White House, but it's being attacked from all sides.
New amendments to rules default to placing prisoners on the basis of their "biological sex."
The FIRST STEP Act would result in the immediate release of about 4,000 federal inmates, advocates say.
And throws a bipartisan sentencing reform bill under the bus.
The president lacks subtlety or substance over a chronic public health problem-go figure.
The comprehensive report from the Office of the Inspector General is unlikely to have much follow up.
Fears that a Trump administration will not be as merciful.
Bipartisan sentencing reforms and falling crime rates have played a much bigger role than commutations or DOJ policy.
Another 79 granted mercy over federal drug war sentences.
Today, 72 federal drug war prisoners get sentences reduced.
Private prisons are a symptom. Mass incarceration is the disease.
Inspectors found privately run federal prisons were also placing new inmates in isolation for lack of space.
Justice Department still expects more before presidency ends.
Suicide attempt in July may lead to more punishment, solitary confinement.
Sorry prisoners-you'll have to wait for the finger-pointing to stop.
Total for administration reaches 348, but hundreds more may still qualify.
Bipartisan bill was amended in April. Who would be affected?