On Monday, January 9, 2022 thousands of federal inmates were informed that their federal prison term was over as a result of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) calculating First Step Act (FSA) credits. However, most all of those released from prison should have been released sooner but glitches in the way that the credits were calculated have plagued the BOP since August when it attempted to roll out the first calculation. The law was signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018, over 4 years ago and real progress has been made under newly appointed BOP Director Colette Peters.
The Peters and the BOP has much to celebrate in rolling out this new calculation. Rabbi Moshe Margaretten, whose organization Tzedek, was instrumental in drafting the FSA tweeted, “Today thousands in federal prisons and community release got the good news that they’ve at last received the credits they earned under the #FirstStepAct – one of the final implementation issues we have long been advocating for!” Those who left should have been released weeks or months ago but the BOP has faced challenges trying to implement a calculation.
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