17 Sep DOJ to Review Treatment and Housing of Transgender Prisoners
The Department of Justice is set to review the BOP's treatment and housing of transgender prisoners as the issue gains media attention.
The Department of Justice is set to review the BOP's treatment and housing of transgender prisoners as the issue gains media attention.
Two recent federal court decisions show how absurd the BOP approach to implementing the First Step Act's time credit system has really been.
The First Circuit joins other circuit courts of appeal in denying First Step Act relief to "career offender" defendants in prison.
Earlier this week, the Seventh Circuit denied relief under the First Step Act to two prisoners. But the decision does give some flexibility.
There's been a lot of bad news for CARES Act releasees over the past year or so. For months, we've analyzed reports about how the future of those released from prison during the COVID-19 pandemic was hanging in the balance (like here, here and here).
Rikers Island is making headlines as a national disgrace, but it's also the inevitable consequence of the U.S.'s high incarceration rate.
California could end mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug offenses, but it sits on the desk of a governor facing an unprecedented recall effort.
As of now, people released under the CARES Act will still have to return to prison when the COVID-19 pandemic ends—even if they're safe.
North Carolina lawmakers passed, and the governor signed, comprehensive criminal justice reform this month. But who does it benefit?
A new report from the Prison Policy Initiative gives United States prisons the grade they deserve for their COVID-19 response: an F.