Jun 10, 2019 · Republicans scheduled photo-ops with newly released prisoners. The ultra-conservative Washington Examiner called it “ Kushner’s reform bill,” which “benefits blacks overwhelmingly.” A video of...

United States President Donald J. Trump announces his support of H. R. 5682, the "First Step Act" in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. According to the website congress.gov, this bill is titled "the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act or the FIRST STEP Act."

United States President Donald J. Trump participates in a signing ceremony for S. 756, “First Step Act” and H.R. 6964, “Juvenile Justice Reform Act” in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, D.C., December 21, 2018.

Jul 19, 2019 · The mass release – the largest since the First Step Act was signed into law after a rare bipartisan push last year – applies mostly to drug offenders and inmates serving sentences for weapons...

U.S. President Donald Trump signs the First Step Act and the Juvenile Justice Reform Act in the Oval Office of the White House December 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration is... Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images

The First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th U.S. Congress and signed by President Donald Trump in December 2018.

Dec 21, 2018 · President Trump signed into law bipartisan legislation today to reform the federal prison system. The First Step Act, which passed the U.S. Senate 87-12 and the House 358-36, will usher in significant changes to federal sentencing laws as well as improvements to programs that aim to reduce recidivism and provide support to people who are ...

United States Attorney General William P. Barr prior to US President Donald J. Trump hosting the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, April 1, 2019.

Dec 5, 2023 · Photos of the meeting are available here. In 2010, President Obama signed into law Durbin’s Fair Sentencing Act, which lowered the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1. In 2018, President Trump signed into law Durbin’s landmark bipartisan First Step Act, which made the Fair Sentencing Act ’s reforms retroactive.

Mar 4, 2019 · Disclaimer: These documents were prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress.