Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Tuesday that the Department of Justice would allow some prisoners who were released to home confinement during the pandemic to stay out of prison, reversing a legal stance adopted in the last days of the Trump administration.


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The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its own legal opinion and said it would allow federal inmates released on home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic to stay out of prison.

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The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday announced it would not force federal inmates who were sent home due to the coronavirus pandemic to return to prison once the emergency is lifted.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its own legal opinion and said it would allow federal inmates released on home confinement because of the coronavirus pandemic to stay out of prison.

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The action grants the federal Bureau of Prisons broad discretion to "permit prisoners in extended home confinement to remain there."

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Thousands of federal inmates who were released from prison to complete their sentence from home as a preventative measure to combat the spread of Covid-19, will be allowed to remain on home confinement, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.

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Thousands of federal inmates released because of pandemic will be allowed to remain on home confinement, Justice Department says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reversed its own legal opinion and will now allow federal inmates released on home confinement during the coronavirus pandemic to not return to prison. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement comes Tuesday after months of pressure on the Biden administration from criminal justice groups, lawmakers and other advocates who had argued the Justice Department’s prior finding was unfair and unjust. …

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Thousands of federal inmates will not have to return to prison when the health emergency ends. The coronavirus spread allowed many inmates to finish their sentence at home to avoid new COVID cases …

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Justice Department ruling could allow thousands to stay out of prison, continue reintegrating into society.

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Bureau of Prisons can keep inmates in home confinement after coronavirus emergency ends

By Christina Carrega and Evan Perez, CNNThousands of federal inmates who were released from prison to complete their sentence from home as a preventative measure to combat the spread of Covid-19, will be allowed to remain on home confinement, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.Since March 2020, the federal Bureau of Prisons has placed more than 36,000 inmates on home confinement, according to the agency’s website. While more than 25,000…

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Thousands of inmates released because of pandemic will be allowed to remain on home confinement, Justice Department says

More than 7,700 inmates will be able to remain in home confinement under the bureau's control.

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 DOJ says inmates on home confinement can stay out of prison. In the final days of the Trump administration, DOJ said released inmates would have to return to prison. The original releases were authorized under the $2.2 trillion CARES Act that former President Donald Trump signed in March 2020.

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