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The Second Chance Act of 2007 (), titled "To reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, and for other purposes," was submitted to the House by Representative Danny Davis (D-IL) to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to reauthorize ...
Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a United States prisoner support and prison reform organization that was founded by Charles and Pauline Sullivan in San Antonio, Texas, on January 2, 1972. [1] [2] It has supported legislation such as the Second Chance Act and, most famously, the Federal Prison Work Incentive Act.
The nonprofit designated April as Second Chance Month for several reasons, including the following: The United States Department of Justice recognizes National Reentry Week. [1] during April. Prison Fellowship had previously held Second Chance 5K races in April. The anniversary of the federal Second Chance Act is during April.
[4] In April 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Second Chance Act into law, requiring all federal facilities to document and report "the use of physical restraints on pregnant female prisoners during pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-delivery and justify the use of restraints with documented security concerns". [4]
The Supreme Court dealt a blow to thousands of prison inmates by ruling against a convicted drug dealer seeking a shorter sentence under the First Step Act of 2018.
Bureau of Prisons Director Michael Carvajal stepped down last week. Prisoner advocates see this as an opportunity for President Biden to act on campaign promises to change prisons.
U.S. Representative Charles B. Rangel (D-NY15) proposed the Second Chance Act in 2007, 2009, and 2011, which was intended to "[amend] the federal criminal code to allow an individual to file a petition for expungement of a record of conviction for a nonviolent criminal offense".
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