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ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits
Loaded on May 1, 2025
by Anthony Accurso
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2025, page 52
Filed under:
U.S. Sentencing Guidelines,
First Step Act,
Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
Location:
District of Columbia.
by Anthony W. Accurso
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit in federal court for the District of Columbia on December 20, 2024, challenging the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for treating sentence credits earned by prisoners towards early release under the First Step Act (FSA) as “optional.” The ...
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