DOJ gives inmates on home confinement a happy holiday gift—the possibility of permanent freedom
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a decision today that can only be considered one thing to thousands of people… a Christmas miracle. In a stunning reversal, the DOJ‘s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) ruled to allow inmates releasedDOJ gives inmates on home confinement a happy holiday gift—the possibility of permanent freedom
The Department of Justice (DOJ) made a decision today that can only be considered one thing to thousands of people… a Christmas miracle. In a stunning reversal, the DOJ‘s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) ruled to allow inmates released from prison at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to remain free even after the federal CARES Act, a coronavirus health emergency, concludes. The OLC determined that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has the “discretion to permit prisoners in extended home confinement to remain there." Read more