Cares Act

In 2016, Oaks of Justice LLC, and its founder and CEO, Joanne Morgan, began putting out information that the company was seeking Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Prisons (BOP) approval for a...

Much attention has been focused lately on those released under the Cares Act.  With everyone involved holding their breath to see if the Biden Administration would rescind the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo...

Over the last several weeks I’ve reported on returning citizens, who were released under the Cares Act, only to be later returned to prison. I was released under the Cares Act on May 27, 2020....

The Justice Roundtable is a broad-based coalition of more than 100 organizations working to reform federal criminal justice laws and policies. Founded in 2002, the Roundtable’s mission is to bring value to the Justice...

When the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) appeared before Congress on April 15, 2021, he stated, “Right now, over 4,500 inmates are at home under the Cares Act.” https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/04/08/2021/oversight-of-the-federal-bureau-of-prisons Director Carvajal went...

Catherine Sanoubane has resided at the Federal Bureau of Prison’s camp (FPC Bryan) in Bryan, Texas, since November 14, 2014.  She is serving a 115-month sentence for her part in a conspiracy charge having...

Earlier this week, I reported on what appears to be a plan hatched by staff at the South Central Region of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), to circumvent the Cares Act.  As reported,...

On December 4, 2020, I received an email from the City of Faith Half-Way House in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The email stated it was a “directive from the Bureau of Prisons (BOP).”  The email...

On April 15, 2021, the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) appeared before Congress.  In his testimony, Director Michael Carvajal stated, “the home confinement program has been a success.”  ”Right now, over...

I reported yesterday on the situation with Raquel Esquivel, who was released under the Cares Act in April 2020.  Raquel was recently placed back in prison  by orders of the Federal Bureau of Prisons...