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Rehabilitation of incarcerated people in all States of the United States

The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world. At the end of 2019, there were 2.1 million people behind bars in the United states, it incorporates 1.43 million people under the custody of Federal and state prisons and around 745,200 local jails. Mass incarceration in the US has led to several obstacles such as overcrowding, infringement...

Covid-19 and mass incarceration in the United States

The United States have the highest rate of Covid-19 cases and largest incarcerated population in the world. The “Covid Prison Project” outlines how this pandemic is impacting the incarcerated people in the all 50 States of the United States. As of 12th January 2022, the covid-19 cases among the incarcerated in prisons are 476,484 and death rates of incarcerated...

CDCR ANNOUNCES PLAN TO COMBAT COVID -19 INCLUDING THE EXPIDITED RELEASE OF INMATES

CDCR ANNOUNCES PLAN TO COMBAT COVID -19 INCLUDING THE EXPIDITED RELEASE OF INMATES By Sean R. Francis, M.S.President, Justice Solutions of America, Inc. As the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation struggles to contain the spred of COVID-19 within their institutions they have, like many states, turned to releasing offenders who likely will pose no threat to public safety. Indeed, CDCR...

THE FIRST STEP ACT – What it is and why it is important – Part One – Good Conduct Time and Earned Time Credits

By Sean R. Francis This is part one of a series of blog posts that will breakdown and explain the First Step Act and how it applies to federal offenders. On December 21, 2018, President Trump signed the First Step Act (FSA) into law. https://www.bop.gov/inmates/fsa/faq.jsp This piece of legislation is one of the largest measures seeking to reform the federal criminal justice system...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons Response to COVID – 19

By Sean R. Francis, MS President, Justice Solutions of America, Inc. COVID-19 has quickly become a worldwide pandemic and has plunged the United States into a national emergency not seen in recent times. According to the CDC the virus is spread through person to person transmission. Generally, this is recognized as people who are “in close contact with each other.” The...

How State Prisons Are Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Sean R. Francis, M.S.President, Justice Solutions of America, Inc. The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have caught the entire world off guard but nowhere is that more apparent than in our nation’s jails and prisons. Indeed, the recent outbreak has placed a number of measures, once considered unthinkable, on the table in an attempt to halt the virus’ spread inside...

UTAH FEDERAL COURT FINDS FIRST STEP ACT ALLOWS REDUCTION OF STACKED SENTENCES

By Sean R. Francis, M.S.President, Justice Solutions of America In what is sure to be one of many cases asking the federal courts to clarify the scope of the First Step Act (FSA), the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah has found that the FSA allows judicial relief for stacked sentences. Mandatory minimums led to a 55-year sentence for...

THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL REALITY OF SEXUAL OFFENDER LAWS FACING INMATES IN STATE PRISON AND BEYOND.

THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL REALITY OF SEXUAL OFFENDER LAWS FACING            INMATES IN STATE PRISON AND BEYOND.  A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THESE LAWS DO NOT KEEP US SAFE AND ACTUALLY PUT US ALL AT RISK AND WEAKEN OUR LIBERTIES.  By Sean R. Francis, MSPresident, Justice Solutions of America, Inc. ABSTRACTSince the early 1990’s multiple laws have ben enacted in response...

BUREAU OF PRISONS RAMPS UP COVID-19 RESPONSE

By Sean R. Francis, M.S. President, Justice Solutions of America, Inc.  While they initially were slow to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, recent signs show that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is aggressively taking steps to stop the spread of the deadly virus in their institutions. In March Attorney General William Barr ordered the BOP to immediately expedite the transfer of...

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