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Federal sentencing legislation
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- The First Step Act as First Proposed: What the May 2018 House Bill Said
Most of the May 2018 House bill became law, but the final First Step Act changed time credits, placement rules, and who is shut out of credits.
- The Prison Reform and Redemption Act: The Bill Behind the First Step Act
The Prison Reform and Redemption Act never passed on its own, but its time credit system became the core of the First Step Act in 2018.
- Four Federal Criminal Justice Reform Bills in Congress (March 2017)
None of these four 2017 reform bills became law as written, though Congress later acted on prison phone rates and passed the First Step Act.