They then will describe how the system is broken, and layout plans to fix it. The First Step Act is sure to be front and center in those plans. Whether the candidates helped usher the legislation ...

The First Step Act (FSA) was a landmark achievement in the area of criminal justice reform. It came at a time of partisan politics and a divided Congress and was the only significant bi-partisan ...

Fox News host Lara Trump breaks down the First Step Act and how it gives 'those who paid their debt' a 'shot at redemption' ...

Now, DeSantis wants to repeal the bill. “One of the things I would want to do as president is go to Congress and seek the repeal of the First Step Act. If you are in jail, you should serve your ...

Four years ago this week, just before Christmas, both parties came together for a holiday miracle: passing the First Step Act, the most significant change to our justice system in decades.

“The First Step Act gives nonviolent offenders the chance to reenter society as productive, law-abiding citizens. Now, states across the country are following our lead. America is a nation that ...

Known as the First Step Act, the law was wildly popular with Congress and the public, giving Trump a huge bipartisan legislative victory. Today, the former president rarely talks about it.

the very first person to be released thanks to the First Step Act and advocate with FAMM When we reconnected on Capitol Hill, we shook hands and smiled. The differences in our lives are stark.

The Trump-era First Step Act has allowed thousands of nonviolent federal offenders to leave prison sooner, but advocates say they have reviewed numerous instances of inmates remaining behind bars ...

More Durbin that he needed to get the BOP moving to implement the First Step Act. On Monday, January 9, 2022 thousands of federal inmates were informed that their federal prison term was over as a ...

The First Step Act dismantled draconian practices that most Americans, if they knew about them, would be horrified to believe ever existed. Before the Act, it was legal—and common—for pregnant ...