FIRST STEP ACT & BOP EARLY RELEASE EARNED TIME CREDIT DISPARITIES:: Identification of Implementation Delays And Earned Time Credit Application ... Programs and Productive Activities, 2019-2022

This Federal Sentencing Alliance publication was co-authored by Florida and New York Attorney Ralph S. Behr,This publication examines all aspect of the First Step Act early release incentive programming by the Bureau of Prisons, related to recidivism reductions programs and productive activities during the period, and continued period, 2019-2022.Various time credit award discrepancies and time credit award failures are examined in detail, together with First StepAct references and U.S.Code citations. The Authors examine Congressional authorities, implementation delays, time credit award disputes, time period disputes, Bureau of Prisons policies, and failures to apply time credits already earned complaints by inmates.The entire period 2019-2021, that will soon lead into 2022 is examined in this book. The Authors believe this publication to be the most comprehensive analysis of all First Step Act early release incentive programming time credit issues and problems in print today. IF YOU HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAMMING TIME CREDIT ISSUE, THIS IS THE BOOK.If you are researching the history of First Step Act time credits from 2019-2022 this is your Book.All major developments, setbacks and statuses for material milestone timing events are analyzed in detail with references. This publication can be used as a tool in the presently untenable fight for application of time credits already earned, but not applied in a timely manner to be of any benefit whatsoever, when needed.This publication is the Second Edition of the book published in 2020, titled: "FIRST STEP ACT OF 2018 & EARLY RELEASE EARNED TIME CREDIT DISPARITIES:: Identification of Implementation Delays And Earned Time Credit Application Disparities For Recidivism Reduction Programs and Productive Activities in 2020", as originally published on Amazon, February 10. 2020. If you purchased that book, you will also want this book, which is current now, and will likely be current until the 117th Congress steps in to fix the many problems identified. That could be this year or early 2022. Congress is aware of these problems at the time of this publication, many of which were previously identified by Federal Sentencing Alliance in 2020. Senator Dick Durbin D-IL is leading the fight.In 2019 Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) publicly accused the Bureau of Prisons, by and through Attorney General William Barr 2019-2020, of intentionally undermining the First Step Act. Senator Durbin is valiantly moving to fix, amend and supplement numerous First Step Act provisions in the 2021-2022 117th Congressional Session.With that back drop, the Authors examine various claimed shortfalls, disparities, discrepancies, delays, and failures related to pre-release time credit incentive programming, and previously existing programs and activities, administered by the Bureau of Prisons from December 21, 2018 to the present date. Various disparities were noted effecting time credit awards (shortened date spans), the amount of rewards (hours not days), the timing of awards (arbitrary reductions), the timely application of earned time credits (discretionary at this time by the BOP, through January 20, 2022), and what appears to be arbitrary policies and Rules in place that inhibit meaningful benefit from incentive programming for time credits.All major current problems associated with time credit awards and time credits (not) applied are examined at length. The Authors opine that the First Sep Act early release time credit incentive programming System is broken and explains in detail why it is broken.---Federal Sentencing Alliance, as well as Ralph S.Behr, have authored various other First Step Act related publications, all available on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.Please See Introduction to this Book by flipping through the pages visible above, for a more detailed description of contents.FederalSentencingAlliance.com Read more