The First Step Act (with Walt Pavlo)
The FSA is meant to give non-violent offenders a chance to significantly reduce their term of incarceration through programming and good conduct. But, the BOP is proving to be unwilling or unable to properly implement the law. Helping us get set for sentencing this week is Walt Pavlo, founder of prisonology.com and frequent contributor to BOP issues for Forbes online. Walt and I discuss all the issues with FSA (and Second Chance Act) implentation, as well as offer many useful practice pointers. LINKS www.prisonology.com https://oig.justice.gov/news/compendium-federal-bureau-prisons-oversight-products
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The FSA is meant to give non-violent offenders a chance to significantly reduce their term of incarceration through programming and good conduct. But, the BOP is proving to be unwilling or unable to properly implement the law. Helping us get set for sentencing this week is Walt Pavlo, founder of prisonology.com and frequent contributor to BOP issues for Forbes online. Walt and I discuss all the issues with FSA (and Second Chance Act) implentation, as well as offer many useful practice pointer...