Effective coverage of particulars of First Step Act and guideline amendment implementation

I have frequently flagged Walter Pavlo’s work at Forbes because he always effectively covers lots of the important nitty-gritty in the implementation of various federal sentencing and corrections rules and policy.  And over the past week, he has two more important pieces in this space, which I will cover with links and full headlines:

“What The US Sentencing Commission’s Decision Means For First Time Offenders: The US Sentencing Commission recently passed a motion to allow a 2 point reduction against the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. The effect could mean freedom for many.”

“Bureau Of Prisons’ Challenges With First Step Act Release Dates: The Federal Bureau of Prisons has struggled to implement the First Step Act and one big problem still persists … predicting when someone will leave prison.”

Both of these pieces serve as new reminders of the old aphorism, “The devil is in the details.”