The Federal Bureau of Prisons has issued a policy memorandum to staff detailing improvements to the First Step Act and Second Chance Act, including allowing individuals to receive cumulative and stackable time credits, prioritizing stable housing and community reintegration readiness, and eliminating residential reentry center bed capacity as a barrier to home confinement.
California’s housing crisis is not inevitable, and the George W. Bush Institute report suggests that other states and metro areas have successfully produced housing that meets demand, keeps prices in check, and reduces homelessness by allowing multifamily and high-density housing in substantial portions of their urban footprint, reducing lot sizes and parking mandates, reusing underutilized land, embracing innovation, and investing in public schools, transit, walkable downtowns, parks, and vibrant mixed-use communities.
DA Jeff Reisig boasts of a “new era of accountability,” but critics say it’s a return to…
By Yana Singhal WASHINGTON, DC – After various challenges on the Transgender Health Care Ban, the Supreme Court…