Is there any new laws that was passed for federal inmates ?

The First Step Act. Your reading might start at...

If a federal inmate took the plea for 20 years is there any law that’s has came for him to be released early ?

There are new credits to earn for participating in "recidivism-reducing" programming, once the money and framework gets set up. The BOP will also...

What will happen to my nephew probation once he takes the plea from his fed case?

I move this to "Criminal Defense," to expand the answer pool for what will happen to the Iowa probation. In federal courts, it looks like most...

Does anyone know if the 85% will change to 65% in February I hear it changed for federal inmates

The First Step Act actually doesn't offer a 65% option, that's a rumor older than my career. What it did was force the Bureau of Prisons to give...

Are 302 investigative reports required?

"302s" are form FBI-302, the formal report special agents make. DEA (likely in that this is a drug case) formally reports on a "DEA-6." Unless...

Can I get released from federal prison early to a house arrest?

Home confinement is limited by law to the last ten percent of sentence -- here, 2.4 months. With such a (comparatively) short sentence and...

How do I find out how to have my brothers county charges put with his federal charges

File paperwork under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD). That will force the State to finish its prosecution or dismiss its case. That...

The 65% rumor has been around longer than I've been in practice. There has been a big change in earning time credits, though, through the First...

Would s general power of attorney allow me authority to make decisions on behalf of an inmate who is critically ill ?

But you should still request a copy of your brother's medical records for the past (however many) months under the Freedom of Information Act...

There are going to be a lot of lawyers who will happily tell you they know all about federal post-conviction practice and the First Step Act. Quiz...