{"id":10360,"date":"2019-02-02T02:36:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T08:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candoclemency.com\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2022-08-19T10:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T15:09:41","slug":"first-step-act-snafu-but-not-for-long-can-do-in-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheryanne.com\/cando-new2\/first-step-act-snafu-but-not-for-long-can-do-in-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"First Step Act snafu – but not for long! CAN-DO in Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThe recalculation of ‘good time’ credit is simply a data entry,\u201d agreed Amy Povah, founder of the Clemency for All Non-Violent Drug Offenders, or CAN-DO, Foundation. \u201cThat should take 15 seconds.\u201d 
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The White House and Federal Bureau of Prisons did not respond to requests for comment.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said guidance has not yet been issued to the BOP, calling the law \u201ccomplex.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe know that inmates and their families are particularly interested in the changes regarding ‘good conduct’ time. While changes in the First Step Act may result in additional credit for inmates, we note that the changes are not effective immediately nor are they applicable to all inmates,\u201d Hornbuckle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people in prison, the delay is a major blow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s ready to come home,\u201d said Veda Ajamu, whose brother Robert Shipp, 46, has served 25 years and expected near-immediate transfer to a halfway house or home confinement, as is typical toward the end of sentences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking now 25 years, 4 months, and 10 days for him. It makes me really sad, because I can\u2019t do anything. For a person who’s been in prison so long, that\u2019s a hard pill to swallow,\u201d Ajamu said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles “Duke” Tanner, who has served 14 years of a 30-year sentence, does not expect to get out immediately but said other people are anxious to leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy cellie was all excited because he was looking at an immediate release. Some men even gave away their property because they thought they were out the door,\u201d Tanner said.  Tanner is on the CAN-DO Top 25 – read the entire story at Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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