First Step Act Time Credits-Revisions
Key claim: The Bureau of Prisons is rewriting its First Step Act time-credit rules to specify when federal inmates can start earning credits toward earlier release and whether people serving foreign-imposed prison sentences can earn those credits.
Abstract
(Rule · Justice Department, Prisons Bureau) The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) amends its First Step Act (FSA) Time Credits regulation to accord with the best reading of the FSA and to conform with recent case law trends. The first change clarifies when an inmate can begin to earn time credits, and the second change clarifies time credits eligibility for inmates serving a term of imprisonment imposed in a foreign country.
Why this matters
The Bureau of Prisons is rewriting its First Step Act time-credit rules to specify when federal inmates can start earning credits toward earlier release and whether people serving foreign-imposed prison sentences can earn those credits.