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 ...

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

While the Center for American Progress supports the FIRST STEP Act, passing the bill in Congress will be easier than counting on the Trump administration to implement it. President Donald Trump ...

But the FIRST STEP Act is just that: a first step that will, among other things, give judges more leeway at sentencing and adjust mandatory minimums for some crack cocaine charges. This effort ...

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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

As advocates representing poor people convicted of federal crimes, the overwhelming majority of whom are Black and Brown men, we have seen the ease with which harsh mandatory minimum sentences ...