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Op-Ed: Fix the First Step Act and Let Reformed Prisoners Out From Behind Bars – Time Credits and the Irrebuttable Presumption Doctrine
by Christopher D. Cobb
I am a federal prisoner housed at theFederal Satellite Low located in Jesup (“Jesup”), Georgia, and a subscriber to both PLN and CLN. I obtained a Paralegal certificate from Blackstone Institute in January of 2020, with a corresponding Advanced Certificate in Criminal Law in July ...
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- First Step Act Linked to Modest Reductions in Time Served by Federal Prisoners, Feb. 1, 2025. First Step Act, Resentencing, Credits.
- Nebraska Pioneers Diversion Program to Help Arrested Veterans Avoid Jail, Jan. 15, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Rehabilitation Act, Veterans.
- Fourth Circuit Announces ‘Sentencing Package Doctrine’ Permits District Court to Resentence Both Covered and Noncovered Offenses Under First Step Act, July 15, 2024. First Step Act, Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing.
- North Carolina’s Largest City Elects First Ex-Prisoner to Council, July 1, 2024. Elections, Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
- Colorado Program Employs Prisoners as Professors, July 1, 2024. Work, Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry.
- Missouri DOC Models Re-entry Program on Norwegian Prisons, June 1, 2024. Prison Reform, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry.
- BOP Has a Halfway House Problem, June 1, 2024. First Step Act, Good Time Credits, Halfway House Placement, Community Corrections Facilities.
- New Data From BOP Reveals Technical Violations Account for Nearly a Third of First Step Act Recidivism, May 15, 2024. Crime, Statistics/Trends, First Step Act, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Revocation Proceedings.
- Time Served Under the First Step Act: Reduction, Not Revolution, April 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, First Step Act.
- Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, April 1, 2024. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, First Step Act.
