DOJ reverses Trump-era pandemic home confinement policy

Federal inmates on home confinement due to COVID-19 can stay out of prison, DOJ says

Thousands of inmates were released in an effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including not being a danger to others.

Federal inmates on home confinement due to COVID-19 can stay out of prison, DOJ says

Thousands of inmates were released in an effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including not being a danger to others.

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

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

Many federal prisoners sent to home confinement in pandemic can remain, Justice Department decides

Reversing a Trump-era decision, the Justice Department will allow certain federal inmates to remain on home confinement when the government declares an end to the Covid emergency. The New York Times reports. Of the approximately 4,900 inmates placed on home confinement under the CARES Act, about 2,800 would return to prison if the coronavirus emergency were to end, according to Justice Department estimates.“We will exercise our authority so that…

Biden OLC Reverses Trump OLC Opinion On BOP Home Confinement

During the pandemic, the Bureau of Prisons placed about 4,000 prisoners on home confinement to prevent the spread of COVID-19. But what happens when the emergency concludes (if it ever will)? On January 15, 2021, the Office of Legal Counsel concluded that BOP's authority under the CARES act does not permit home confinement after the emergency concludes. According to the OLC opinion, BOP would have to recall prisoners to correctional facilities w…

DOJ: Federal inmates can remain on home confinement

The Department of Justice reversed its decision to recall prisoners who were allowed to serve their sentence on home confinement during the pandemic.