FSA

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FSA is the commonly used acronym for the First Step Act, a major U.S. federal criminal justice reform law enacted in 2018.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute
criminal justice reform law
affects Federal Bureau of Prisons
United States Department of Justice
federal prisoners
aimsTo improve prison conditions
reduce federal prison population
reduce recidivism
appliesTo federal criminal justice system
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives
United States Senate
codifiedIn Title 18 of the United States Code
Title 34 of the United States Code
containsProvision compassionate release expansion
earned time credits for eligible federal prisoners
expansion of rehabilitative programs
limitations on use of restraints on pregnant prisoners
reforms to good conduct time calculation
retroactive application of Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
risk and needs assessment system
sentencing reforms for certain drug offenses
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dateSigned 2018-12-21
enactedInYear 2018
encourages participation in recidivism reduction programs
excludes certain violent and serious offenders from earned time credits
hasAcronym FSA self-linksurface differs
hasEffect increased good conduct time credits from 47 to 54 days per year of sentence
made Fair Sentencing Act crack cocaine sentencing changes retroactive
introducedAs S.756 (as amended)
jurisdiction federal
knownFor being a major U.S. federal criminal justice reform law enacted in 2018
legalDomain federal criminal law
legislativeSession 115th United States Congress
passedBy 115th United States Congress
politicalSupport bipartisan support in Congress
presidentAtEnactment Donald Trump
primaryPolicyArea criminal justice
prison reform
sentencing reform
providesFor early transfer to prerelease custody for eligible prisoners
relatedTo Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
requires implementation of risk and needs assessment tool
scope United States federal prison system
shortTitle First Step Act
surface form: First Step Act of 2018
signedBy Donald Trump
typeOfReform bipartisan criminal justice reform
yearOfLegislation 2018

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FSA hasAcronym FSA self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: First Step Act