Brennan Center produces short piece “Analyzing the First Step Act’s Impact on Criminal Justice”

I was pleased to see today that the Brennan Center for Justice released this short new “analysis” on the First Step Act titled “Analyzing the First Step Act’s Impact on Criminal Justice.”  Though I was hoping that the piece might include some considerable new or detailed “analyzing” of how the First Step Act has impacted justices systems now nearly six years after its passage, this document is really just an overview of the major provisions of the Act along with a review of some basic data on the Act’s early implementation from various sources. 

Still, though I was eager to see more, this Brennan Center document provides a clear and effective primer on many key aspects of the First Step Act and on some key implementation data and issues.  In addition, hyperlinks embedded in the report effectively provide ready accesss to a number of major government reports about the First Step Act’s implementation.  Though there is a whole lot more that can and should be said about the “First Step Act’s Impact on Criminal Justice,” this report still serves as an effective overview resource (especially given what I perceive to be the relative paucity of other writings about the First Step Act by either academics or advocates).