New CCJ Analysis Estimates First Step Act Releases Have Lower ...

People released under the First Step Act (FSA) are estimated to have lower recidivism rates and fewer arrests than similarly situated people ...

First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism - Foleon

Recidivism rates were 37% lower for people released under the FSA. The BOP defines recidivism as any rearrest or return to federal prison for a new crime or ...

First Step Act: An Early Analysis of Recidivism - Council on Criminal ...

Recidivism rates were an estimated 37% lower for people released under the FSA. People released under the FSA incurred an estimated 3,125 fewer arrests. People ...

New CCJ Analysis Estimates First Step Act Releases Have Lower ...

New CCJ Analysis Estimates First Step Act Releases Have Lower Recidivism Rates, Arrests. Calculations compare reoffending among people released under the ...

CCJ releases encouraging new short report on "First Step Act

The CCJ analysis estimates recidivism rates among individuals released from the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prior to the FSA who had ...

Supreme Court of the United States

New CCJ Analysis Estimates First Step. Act Releases Have Lower Recidivism. Rates, Arrests, Council on Criminal. Justice (Aug. 22, 2023) ...

Analyzing the First Step Act's Impact on Criminal Justice

The law's sentencing reforms have already had a substantial impact. As of January 2024, over 4,000 people had their sentences reduced due to the ...

New Data From BOP Reveals Technical Violations Account for ...

The First Step Act, passed in 2018, aimed to reduce recidivism among federal prisoners. Early analyses show promising results, with lower ...

Charlotte West on LinkedIn: First Step Act

A perspective from CCJ Board of Directors member Timothy Head, featuring a Council analysis of recidivism related to the First Step Act as well as CCJ ...

Accounting for Technical Violations in First Step Act Recidivism

Removing technical violations decreases the estimated number of arrests incurred by people released under the FSA from 4,330 to 2,885. CCJ's previous analysis ...

Prisoner Rehab Under First Step Act 'Way of Life' For U.S. Prison ...

The federal prison reform law known as the First Step Act, one of the only criminal-justice reform laws passed by Congress in recent years, is a little more ...

Marsha King on LinkedIn: First Step Act

The report notes positive outcomes like comparatively low recidivism among recipients. While implementation challenges remain, this legislation ...

New Studies Show Electronic Monitoring and Home Confinement ...

In recent years, the United States has witnessed a major shift in criminal justice policies with the enactment of the First Step Act (FSA) ...

The First Step Act: Is It Working and What's Next?

The First Step Act of 2018, passed as the result of bi-partisan efforts during the Trump administration, aimed to reduce the population of those in federal ...

FIRST STEP Act and its implementation - Sentencing Law and Policy

The CCJ analysis estimates recidivism rates among individuals released from the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) prior to the FSA who had ...

Inmates Freed Under First Step Act Had 37% Lower Recidivism Rate

The recidivism rate for people released under the 2018 federal First Step Act (FSA) is about 37% lower than similarly situated people released before the law ...

Bureau Of Prisons Announces Updates To First Step Act Calculations

This has caused issues for the BOP as they cannot award First Step Act credits until they are earned. The resulting problem was that both ...

The First Step Act: Ending Mass Incarceration in Federal Prisons

The recidivism rate among people who have benefitted from the law is considerably lower than those who were released from prison without benefit ...

First Step Act Annual Report – April 2022 - Office of Justice Programs

these new cut points are estimated to result in broader opportunities among males for earning time credits towards prerelease custody – both ...

Estimate of the Impact of Selected Sections of S. 1014, The First ...

Provide the effect on the federal prison population for the 10 years after enactment. 101(c). Retroact Application of Section 401 of the First Step Act: Reduce ...