In this post a few days ago, I noted some notable metrics as we hit the one-year anniversary of the FIRST STEP Act becoming law. Though numbers provide an important perspective on what the FIRST STEP Act has (and has not) achieved, the human stories behind these numbers are surely what is most significant and poignant. To that end, I was pleased to see that the folks at #cut50 have assembled a set of materials here highlighting "the human impact of the FIRST STEP Act."
Included in the #cut50 materials is this notable report titled "#HomeForTheHolidays: A Celebration of Freedom Made Possible by the FIRST STEP Act." I recommend the report in full because it tells the individual human stories, with pictures, of just a few of the "thousands of people have been freed from federal prisons, reunited with their families, and are contributing back to their communities."
Another way to get some sense of just some of the individual FIRST STEP Act stories is through a review of some notable posts from my FIRST STEP Act and its implementation archive. After a full year, of course, there are far too many stories to review effectively in this space. Nevertheless, here is a round-up of particular posts from 2019 that report on a few especially interesting individuals stories resulting from the passage of the FIRST STEP Act:
- FIRST STEP Act leads to release of Matthew Charles from federal prison after remarkable re-incarceration
- Encouraging new reports about encouraging new compassionate release realities thanks to FIRST STEP Act
- Noting a notable federal prisoner now benefiting from the FIRST STEP Act's elderly offender home confinement program
- Noticing that early federal prisoner release often means earlier deportation for non-citizen offenders
- Another LWOP federal drug sentence reduced under § 3582(c)(1)(A) after FIRST STEP Act
- Author and veteran (and bank robber) gets out of federal prison a few months earlier thanks to FIRST STEP Act and sound view of "extraordinary and compelling reasons"
- After serving more than 13 years in federal prison, former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers secures compassionate release thanks to FIRST STEP Act
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