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BOP Erred in Denying Early Release Eligibility

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1999 published in Prison Legal News August, 1999, page 20
Filed under: Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Mental Health, Drug Treatment/Rehab. Locations: Colorado, Oregon.
Afederal disctrict court in Oregon granted habeas corpus relief to two federal prisoners who challenged the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) denial of early release eligibility.

In 1994 Congress enacted the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which amended 18 U. S. C. § 3621 to allow the BOP to ...

 

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