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  2. First Step Act - Wikipedia

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    The bill passed the House of Representatives by a 360–59 vote the same day, with remarks from many congressional members, including Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-10), who acknowledged that though the bill did not include sentencing reform as some would have liked, it was an "important first step" that was able to unify groups as divergent as #cut50 ...

  3. New law on early release of prisoners is passed - AOL

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    Early release of prisoners to ease overcrowding backed by MSPs The SNP government managed to get the bill passed, with the support of the Greens, by 67 votes to 54. Labour, the Tories and the ...

  4. Thousands of federal inmates still await early release under ...

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    Thousands of nonviolent federal prisoners eligible for early release under a promising Trump-era law remain locked up nearly four years later due to inadequate implementation, prisoner advocacy ...

  5. Inmates could donate organs to get out of prison early in ...

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    “’Organs for reduced prison time’ is one of the most horrific policy ideas I have ever heard of,” one Boston resident said on Twitter. Inmates could donate organs to get out of prison ...

  6. Year in Review (No. 9) Legislation allows early release of ...

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    The same legislative session that gave approval for the early-release measure also approved construction of additional state prison infrastructure to more permanently alleviate the overcrowding ...

  7. Decarceration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Decarceration includes overlapping reformist and abolitionist strategies, from "front door" options such as sentencing reform, decriminalization, diversion and mental health treatment to "back door" approaches, exemplified by parole reform and early release into re-entry programs, [5] amnesty for inmates convicted of non-violent offenses and imposition of prison capacity limits. [6]

  8. Compassionate release - Wikipedia

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    Obtaining a compassionate release for a prison inmate is a process that varies from country to country (and sometimes even within countries) but generally involves petitioning the warden or court to the effect that the subject is terminally ill and would benefit from obtaining aid outside of the prison system, or is otherwise eligible under the relevant law.

  9. Second Erie drug kingpin wins early release from life ... - AOL

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    Under the First Step Act, between 2019 and early 2023, 29,944 people had been released from federal prison ahead of their original release dates, according to an April 2023 U.S. Department of ...