The First Step Act proved that bipartisan reforms focused on the federal system are achievable and can make America safer.

One of us served 22 years in prison and was released five years ago thanks to legislation known as the First Step Act; and one of us is a U.S. Senator who led the fight for that landmark law.

President Trump will be remaking the Department of Justice. Here is what can he do with the Bureau of Prisons.

In the fall of 2018, I stood in the White House as President Trump endorsed the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at reforming federal sentencing and modernizing our outdated prison system.

(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Director Colette Peters had a new video released in an attempt to clarify the rules under which First Step Act ...

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 ...

Progress is always something worth celebrating, even if there’s only a little of it. The First Step Act, which President Trump signed into law in December 2018, included a provision that ...

The First Step Act created a system of earned time credits for prisoners who participated in programs found to reduce recidivism. Inmates can shave off 10 days from their sentence for every 30 ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Senators Chris Van Hollen, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse and Elizabeth Warren introduced the Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act yesterday. Here is a quick synopsis ...

A shortage of workers—and shifting attitudes—are creating more opportunities for people with criminal records. The prison-reforming First Step Act has a critical software bug The bipartisan ...