Challenges facing federal prisons and prisoners ... from FIRST STEP Act implementation to shutdown dynamics

It is pure coincidence that the day Prez Trump signed the FIRST STEP Act into law was also the last day the federal government was fully funded before the current government shutdown. That day was December 21, 2018, which means today marks officially one month into both the shutdown and the implementation of the FIRST STEP Act.  Though I have done a few prior FIRST STEP Act implementation posts here and here and here and here, I figured it would be timely to do this round-up of some recent articles and commentary about both FIRST STEP implementation and shutdown echoes:

• From Pat Nolan & David Safavian, "When bureaucrats undermine our laws"

• From John Walters & David Tell, "Criminal Justice Reform and the First Step Act’s Recidivism Reduction Provisions: Preliminary Issues for Policymakers"

• From Fortune, "Shutdown Has Punishing Effect on Local Jails That House Federal Inmates"

• From CNN, "Federal prisons feel the effects of the shutdown"

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