The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) expands its guidelines for compassionate release, allowing more elderly and terminally ill inmates to qualify. This policy aims to ease overcrowding and provide relief to non-violent offenders with serious health issues.

The Bureau of Prisons has updated its compassionate release guidelines, allowing more elderly and terminally ill inmates to qualify. The reform seeks to reduce overcrowding in federal prisons and offer relief to non-violent offenders who suffer from serious health conditions. This policy shift is seen as a step toward a more humane correctional system.

https://www.bop.gov/resources/news/2024_compassionate_release_update.jsp

https://fedkite.com/newsletter/bop-expands-compassionate-release/

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