by Michael Santos | Jun 25, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Sentencing, Shon Hopwood
Another federal judge has found that the criteria for compassionate release, contained in the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, is inconsistent with the statutory changes made by the First Step Act. Yesterday, Federal Judge Sim Lake reduced Arturo Cantu-Rivera’s prior...
by Michael Santos | Jun 24, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Reforms, Sentencing, Sentencing Guidelines, Shon Hopwood
I recently posted about my new law review article called Second Looks & Second Chances, and the argument that federal district court judges may use the compassionate release, as amended by the First Step Act, to give second looks in individual cases and then...
by Michael Santos | Jun 18, 2019 | Bureau of Prisons, Early Release from Federal Prison, First Step Act, Reforms, Shon Hopwood
There is a viable argument for why federal district court judges can use the compassionate release statute, as amended by the First Step Act, as a second look provision to reduce a sentence for people in federal prison if “extraordinary and compelling reasons” are...
by Michael Santos | Dec 25, 2018 | Bureau of Prisons, Federal Prison Camp, First Step Act, Justin Paperny, Michael Santos, Prison Consultant
Understand The First Step Act To learn more about The First Step Act, take a look at the first in a series of articles our team has begun to write by clicking the following link; Helping You Understand The First Step Act This legislation will work wonders for people...
by Michael Santos | Dec 20, 2018 | Bureau of Prisons, Federal Prison Camp, First Step Act, Michael Santos
Victorville Federal Correctional Complex Today I’m traveling to the Federal Correctional Complex, in Victorville. I’m scheduled to arrive at 7:00 am and I’ll spend a full day inside of the prison. My understanding is that I’ll present for inmates from 7:30 until...
by Michael Santos | Jul 28, 2018 | Bureau of Prisons, Michael Santos
Federal Correctional Complex in Florence, Colorado Reentry is a clinical term practitioners use to describe a transition back into society after a term in prison. My name is Michael Santos and I started a 26-year journey through federal prison in August of 1987. The...
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