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Bookmark or Share- First Step Act - WikipediaThe First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018.
- FIRST STEP ACT OF 2018 - Congress.govAn Act To reauthorize and amend the Marine Debris Act to promote international action to reduce marine debris, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- BOP: First Step Act Overview - Federal Bureau of PrisonsLearn how the First Step Act affects BOP inmates and their families. On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act (FSA) of 2018 (P.L. 115- 391).
- The First Step Act of 2018: An Overview - CRS ReportsThe First Step Act requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop a risk and needs assessment system to be used by BOP to assess the recidivism risk of all federal prisoners and to place prisoners in programs and productive activities to reduce this risk.
- The First Step Act: Ending Mass Incarceration in Federal PrisonsIn 2018, Congress passed and then-President Donald Trump signed into law the bipartisan First Step Act, a sweeping criminal justice reform bill designed to promote rehabilitation, lower recidivism, and reduce excessive sentences in the federal prison system.
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