Alan Ellis has teamed with Prisonology, a network of retired BOP and U.S. Probation professionals, and Maureen Baird, a highly respected retired BOP warden, who is one of the foremost experts on the First Step Act (FSA). Together, they will provide a complete packet of information based on the inmate's profile ...
Federal sentencing and prison experts Maureen Baird, Mark H. Allenbaugh, and Alan Ellis with The Law Offices of Alan Ellis evaluate the effectiveness of the First Step Act, a bipartisan bill passed in 2018. They say that earned time credits, which allow for ...
By Maureen Baird The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (FRP) is the mechanism used to enforce payment of special assessments, fines, penalties, and restitution imposed by the sentencing court. Normally, a special assessment in the amount of $50.00 is assessed to each felony count. While the BOP has limited authority to seize ...
The First Step Act-Earned Time Credits Part 1 - Introduction BY MAUREEN BAIRD, MARK ALLENBAUGH AND ALAN ELLIS The First Step Act (FSA), passed on December 18, 2018, is a sentencing reform law that directly impacts offenders serving a federal prison sentence in ...
In 1989, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) implemented its first Residential Drug Abuse pilot program. Under it, an inmate who completed the then 12-month program received no incentive by way of reduction in sentence. That changed with the passage of the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. This important legislation mandated a number of changes
RDAP is the only BOP program through which federal prisoners can earn a sentence reduction. To qualify for RDAP, one must, inter ...
See below for a list of the Bureau of Prison's Residential Drug Abuse Programs and locations or download the list here.
This newsletter contains a memo we prepared with information about legal programs your clients may want to pursue to reduce their sentences or at least spend the remainder of their sentences at home rather than in a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facility due to the current pandemic. These types of relief have traditionally been hard to obtain, but there are ...
By Alan Ellis and Mark H. Allenbaugh This article reviews the current state of play in the quickly developing law of federal compassionate release. Compassionate release is one of the few grounds a federal judge can reduce a previously imposed sentence to time served. Considering the on-going pandemic, it is being sought at a record pace. We discuss some of the ...
I am writing to inform you about legal programs your clients may want to pursue to reduce their sentences or at least spend the remainder of their sentences at home rather than in a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) facility. These types of relief have traditionally been hard to obtain, but I want you to know about them and the steps ...
