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14 Jan Yesterday’s FSA Announcement Receives Praise, Skepticism

Posted at 10:04h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Governmental Accountability

Yesterday's FSA announcement was viewed as good news, but people are also skeptical. That's because there's still a lot of work to be done.

Posted at 12:59h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Fairness in Sentencing

This morning, the DOJ announced a new BOP rule for applying FSA Time Credits. It's absolutely good news on paper. Will it be in reality?

Posted at 08:03h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Fairness in Sentencing

There is a deadline coming up for FSA time credits, but courts are already deferring the calculation of those time credits to the BOP.

Posted at 10:00h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration, Governmental Accountability

For months, courts pushed the deadline for FSA time credits down the road. The result? Months of illegal detention at taxpayer expense.

Posted at 12:00h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation, Ending Mass Incarceration

When we look back at criminal justice reform in 2021, we see highs and lows. But we also see a clear path forward for 2022.

Posted at 10:33h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation

Incarcerated individuals accumulate good time credits for doing what the facility requires of all individuals without receiving disciplinary action.

Posted at 07:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

For months, we've been asking the Biden Administration to #KeepThemHome. The Biden Administration finally said yes.

Posted at 09:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

New York City Mayor-Elect Eric Adams vows to reimagine criminal justice reform in the name of public safety.

Posted at 17:15h in Emphasizing Rehabilitation

A formerly incarcerated person was appointed to the Rhode Island Parole Board for the first time. It's a story that needs to make headlines.

Posted at 13:00h in Ending Mass Incarceration

President Biden rubbed some advocates the wrong when during the turkey pardon last week. As he said, they're "just turkeys."