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DOJ allowing prisoners granted home confinement amid COVID to complete sentences at home

Por: The Hill Politics April 04, 2023

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The Justice Department (DOJ) decided on Tuesday to allow prisoners who were granted house arrest amid the COVID-19 pandemic to remain at their homes for the remainder of their sentence even after the COVID-19 public health emergency expires within a few weeks.  The DOJ said in a on Tuesday that it issued a final rule to grant the director of the Bureau of Prisons to permit those who were allowed to continue serving their sentences at home to... + full article



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