The First Step Act, Donald Trump’s marquee criminal justice reform package, became a centerpiece of his 2020 campaign — exhibit A of him doing what no other politician could do. It’s getting a ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has faced many challenges in implementing the 2018 law called the First Step Act. While the law allowed minimum and low security prisoners an opportunity to earn ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. The First Step Act ushered in much needed change to reduce our ...

In their desperation to find an effective line of attack against former President Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies have resorted to demagoguery against the First Step Act.

Trump may have been afraid of a bit of rain and clueless on how to handle the California wildfire situation, but he has taken the first step to reforming some of the policies within our prisons. The ...

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Friday to seek a repeal of President Trump's signature First Step Act, a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill that aimed to ...

A convicted terrorist financier serving a 30-year sentence in U.S. federal prison was recently released under the First Step Act after serving only 23 years, and said he "would be proud" to send money ...

President-elect Trump has been accused of countless things, but never of being predictable. Criminal justice policy is a case in point. Few could have anticipated that landmark prison reform stymied ...

For those of us who work with the grassroots, it is no surprise that polls show the American people don’t always trust politicians to solve their problems. Indeed, Congress has received low ratings ...

In 1997, Alice Marie Johnson received a mandatory life sentence for a federal nonviolent drug offense without the possibility of parole. However, 21 years later, President Donald Trump commuted her ...

The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted of certain nonviolent drug crimes. By Abbie VanSickle Reporting from ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen on Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File) WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that an Iowa man cannot skirt a mandatory minimum ...