Tag: federal

• 01 February 2016
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: cases, criminal, federal, judge, offenders, participation, prison, prisons, programs, public, recommendations, report, resources, system
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The Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections issued numerous recommendations last week to reform the federal criminal justice system in a large report entitled “Transforming Prisons, Restoring Lives.” A primary goal highlighted in the recommendations is focused on Federal Corrections sending fewer low-level drug offenders to federal prison and also sentencing offenders to far […]

• 10 November 2015
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: decade, drug, federal, finally, guidelines, population, prison
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Thanks to retroactive drug guidelines, federal prison population under 200,000 for first time in nearly a decade. Finally, we’re headed in the right direction!

• 06 November 2015
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: attorney, courts, district, drug, federal, funding, justice, lawyers, legislation, list, pay, programs, provide, recommendations
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As reported in the Washington Post, former U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. yesterday “urged Congress not to let slip away ‘a historic opportunity’ to overhaul federal drug sentencing laws and said lawmakers should consider further changes in House and Senate talks if pending legislation is approved.” Among a list of recommendations, Holder called […]

• 23 October 2015
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: call, calling, calls, cents, cost, costs, families, federal, inmate, inmates, jails, long, minute, phone, prisons, rates, rules
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As referenced in the Washington Post today, federal regulators made sweeping new steps to lower the cost of calling jail and prison inmates in an effort to correct what some top officials have called an “egregious case of market failure” in inmate phone rates. The rules establish a ceiling for phone calls to jails and […]

• 14 July 2015
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: criminal, federal, justice, system
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The White House is preparing to push for legislation that would reduce federal sentences for nonviolent crimes. According to press secretary Josh Earnest, President Obama is expected to champion sweeping reform of the criminal justice system and present ideas to make the system “safer, fairer and more effective” during a speech to the NAACP annual […]

• 27 March 2014
• by: NiaLena Caravasos
• in: Blog
• tag: attorney, criminal, defense, federal, houses, inmates, justice, lawyers, legal, requirements
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In a new step to further the Justice Department’s efforts towards enhancing reentry among formerly incarcerated individuals, Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) will impose new requirements on federal halfway houses that help inmates transition back into society. Under the proposed new requirements, these halfway houses will have […]