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Bookmark or Share- BOP: First Step Act OverviewLearn 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).
- 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 Annual Report, April 2023 - Office of Justice ProgramsThe First Step Act of 2018 (“First Step Act,” “FSA,” or “Act”) was the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes and reduce the size of the federal prison population, while maintaining public safety.
- First Step Act - United States Sentencing CommissionRelated to its sentencing reform provisions (Title IV), the Act makes important changes to mandatory minimum penalties and to the safety valve provision (a provision that allows courts to sentence a defendant without regard to the mandatory minimum). Specifically, in relation to Title IV, the Act:
- What Is the First Step Act — And What’s Happening With It?The First Step Act is intended to do two things: cut unnecessarily long federal sentences and improve conditions in federal prison. More than a year after it was enacted in 2018, key parts of the law are working as promised, restoring a modicum of fairness to federal sentencing and helping to reduce the country’s unconscionably large federal ...
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