In Kirschner, the District of Indiana granted 3582 compassionate release relief to a person due to coronavirus concerns.
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The administrative remedy process has become newly relevant in the context of compassionate release cases related to COVID-19. If you are thinking about seeking compassionate release, especially release based on COVID-19 dangers, the administrative remedy process is vital to understand.
In United States vs. Alam, the 6th Circuit upheld a dismissal of a compassionate release case for failure to wait 30 days.
In US v. Huntley, the District of Columbia granted 3582 Compassionate Release relief to a COVID-19 Positive Inmate.
On April 22, 2020, the Acting Assistant Director of the Correctional Programs Division and the Assistant Director of the Reentry Services Division for the BOP released a memorandum in regard to placing inmates on home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This memorandum introduced some new guidelines to the previously existing order.
The Barr memorandum is a follow-up to the March Memorandum regarding the implementation of the CARES Act as it relates home confinement.