Category: Compassionate Release

In Zullo, the Second Circuit court determined that a compassionate release motion could go forward without BOP approval.

In Ledezma and Vigneau the court granted compassionate release to incarcerated persons with 851 convictions and mandatory sentencing guidelines respectively.

While nothing can guarantee relief, successful motions for compassionate release include five key factors.

Young was sentenced to 60 months of incarceration for a heroin case in 2019. In 2020 he filed a motion for compassionate release stating that he is at high risk of death if he catches COVID-19.

These two 3582 cases present examples of effective use of home confinement and utilization of administrative exhaustion with the BOP

First Step Act changes allow courts to reduce sentences with the ability to determine extraordinary and compelling circumstances.

According to the Bureau of Justice, from 1999 to 2016, the number of inmates in state and federal prisons who were 55 years or older increased 280 percent!