The First Step Act
A Law Enforcement Perspective on Federal Penology Reform
Abstract
The First Step Act (FSA), signed into law in 2018 under President Donald J. Trump, stands as a landmark achievement in federal criminal justice reform. As one of the earliest former major county sheriffs to support this legislation, I viewed it not as a political compromise, but as a pragmatic shift toward smarter crimi…
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