S. 756

First Step Act

Changed federal sentencing rules and expanded prison programming, earned-time credits, and reentry provisions.

Date2018-12-21
Congress/session115th Congress
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Why it matters

Represented a bipartisan federal criminal-justice reform effort focused on sentencing and incarceration policy.

Changed federal sentencing rules and expanded prison programming, earned-time credits, and reentry provisions.

Represented a bipartisan federal criminal-justice reform effort focused on sentencing and incarceration policy.

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Libertarian Party

A U.S. political party emphasizing individual liberty, limited government, free markets, civil liberties, and nonintervention.

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