July 19, 2019, is a big day in the implementation of the FIRST STEP Act because today marks 210 days since the law was officially enacted. And the Act states "Not later than 210 days after the date of enactment of this subchapter, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Independent Review Committee authorized by the First Step Act of 2018, shall develop and release publicly on the Department of Justice website a risk and needs assessment system...."
This "risk and needs assessment system" will serve as the backbone for the rehabilitative programming and earned time credits that can impact the experiences of every single current and future federal prisoner. In addition, DOJ's release of the risk and needs assessment system (which is widely expected to be today) will mark the time when revised good time credit calculations should become effective and lead to the swifter release from federal prison a few thousand persons.
I will be off line much of today, but I hope tonight I will be able to effectively cover whatever we hear from DOJ and others today. In the meantime, here are a review of just some of my prior posts on FIRST STEP Act implementation from the last 210 days:
On the FIRST STEP Act's good-time fix and DOJ's work:
- Spotlighting how FIRST STEP Act implementation challenges and uncertainty has already begun
- Curious (but still encouraging) discussion of expected release of prisoners after FIRST STEP Act "good time" fix becomes operational
- Another encouraging report on DOJ's commitment to FIRST STEP Act implementation
- Seeking thoughts as we approach six months of implementing (and overseeing the implementation) of the FIRST STEP Act
- Deputy AG Rosen provides notable update on FIRST STEP Act implementation
- More encouraging news of how FIRST STEP Act is reorienting DOJ priorities
- "Next Steps in Federal Corrections Reform: Implementing and Building on the First Step Act"
On the FIRST STEP Act's crack retroactivity provision:
- US Sentencing Commission releases data report on resentencings pursuant to Section 404 of the First Step Act of 2018 (making retroactive provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010)
- Federal judge gives first-person account of FIRST STEP Act's impact through retroactive crack provision
- Judge Jack Weinstein provides thorough explanation for FIRST STEP Act crack retroactivity sentence reduction
On the FIRST STEP Act's important change to "compassionate release":
- Compassionate release after FIRST STEP: Should many thousands of ill and elderly federal inmates now be seeking reduced imprisonment in court?
- Encouraging new reports about encouraging new compassionate release realities thanks to FIRST STEP Act
- Highlighting how judges can now bring needed compassion to compassionate release after FIRST STEP Act
- Is anyone collecting and analyzing sentence reduction orders under § 3582(c)(1) since passage of the FIRST STEP Act?
- Good day for thinking hard about sentencing second looks and second chances
- New District Court ruling confirms that "any extraordinary and compelling reasons" can now provide basis for reducing imprisonment under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
- District Court finds statutory sentence reform among "extraordinary and compelling reasons" for reducing LWOP sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)
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