When we reconnected on Capitol Hill, we shook hands and smiled. The differences in our lives are stark. One of us served 22 years in prison and was released five years ago thanks to legislation known ...
Christina Souza shares her past experiences as a formerly unhoused person who sheltered at the First Step Inn. First Step on Durfee Street has dealt with allegations of high-barriers that may ...
The Trump-era First Step Act has allowed thousands of nonviolent federal offenders to leave prison sooner, but advocates say they have reviewed numerous instances of inmates remaining behind bars ...
The First Step Act (FSA) was a landmark achievement in the area of criminal justice reform. It came at a time of partisan politics and a divided Congress and was the only significant bi-partisan ...
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...
An addiction treatment center in Milwaukee, First Step Community Recovery Center, will close at the end of 2025. The closure is due to funding cuts in the 2026 Milwaukee County budget, which was ...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled today that the sentencing reductions under the First Step Act of 2018 apply to people whose pre-Act sentences are vacated and who are subject to resentencing after ...
DAYTONA BEACH — First Step Shelter Board members voted unanimously Monday night to end their probe into whistleblower complaints brought by former shelter employee Patrick Smith. The two-month ...
Five years ago this month, Donald Trump signed a major sentencing and prison reform bill into law. Known as the First Step Act, the law was wildly popular with Congress and the public, giving Trump a ...
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) speaks on the passage of the First Step Act on December 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump said he would sign the legislation, ...
For filmmakers Brandon and Lance Kramer, the national political divide was coming into sharper focus by 2015 and starting to seep into their extended family. The brothers’ conversations with aunts, ...
BURLINGTON — Since its opening in 2021, the Skagit First Step Center in Burlington has provided 45 small cabins to some of the most destitute residents in the county. As an emergency shelter, it ...