Federal inmates are in prison institutions for too long under laws meant to see them released sooner. The Bureau of Prisons has nobody to blame for these failures other than themselves. A tenant of ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...

The First Step Act is changing the way that federal prison systems treat prisoners. It increases opportunities for rehabilitation, shortens sentences, and enhances prisoners' rights. The law is a ...

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that the sentencing reductions under the First Step Act of 2018 apply to people whose pre-Act sentences are vacated and who are subject to resentencing after ...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on Thursday about what should happen to first-time offenders and convicted bank robbers who used a firearm to commit the crimes and were sentenced to hundreds of ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that people convicted of certain low-level crack cocaine offenses are not eligible for resentencing under the First Step Act. That legislation was ...

Justice Samuel Alito said the Supreme Court ignored Congress's intention in its ruling on retroactive relief under the First Step Act on Thursday. "Instead, the Court embraces an interpretation that ...

Fred Lucas is chief news correspondent and manager of the Investigative Reporting Project for The Daily Signal. He is the author of “The Myth of Voter Suppression: The Left’s Assault on Clean ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, the individual who admitted to orchestrating the massive 2016 breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, has announced his impending early release from incarceration. In a recent ...

Ilya Lichtenstein, who was sentenced to five years in prison in November 2024 after pleading guilty to charges tied to the 2016 Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange hack, was released from prison after ...