William Noguera walked out of a California prison after nearly 40 years on death row. Now, he solves unsolved murder cases and has found his purpose in life.
The Bureau of Prisons just made a significant change in how it works with returning inmates to the community by using a better planning tool with First Step Act credits.
Restitution was meant to restore victims of their losses and punish those responsible ... a new paper shows that neither goal is being met and changes are necessary.
Expungement is non-existent at the federal level .. but one group thinks it has a solution to expungement and it is holding a conference to present those ideas.
The Bureau of Prisons wants to expand the use of community custody but it needs to find new ways to do it. Can it transition more inmates? Time will tell.
The Bureau of Prisons facility at FDC SeaTac is just one example of the problems BOP faces with understaffing, poor medical care and crumbling infrastructure.