The First Step Act
Thesis Statement
The First Step Act needs amendment, which requires the BOP to assist inmates in applying for state and federal benefits. Such benefits include obtaining full identification, which provides for social security cards, official photo identification, and birth certificate.
Recidivism reduction program
Apart from the full identification of inmates, the act also has a system which guides the amount, intensity, and type of recidivism reduction program (James, 2019). It is the program where prisoners engage in productive activities assigned according to the criminogenic needs (James, 2019). Furthermore, the system guides how to group prisoners with related risk levels together in a program of recidivism reduction.
Second Chance Act
Moreover, the First Step Act is also seen as a tool for expanding the Second Chance Act. It is a scenario where BOP develops the guidance for wardens of prisons to use facilities of the community to implement recidivism – reducing partnership (Muhlhausen & Hurwitz, 2019). Most players in this partnership include private together with non-profit organizations (Berman, 2019). These organizations are among the best platforms for achieving the full identification of inmates.
Good Time credit
Another amendment is that federal inmates should be allowed to earn up to fifty-four days of good time credit annually. It is a situation which means that in 365 days of imprisonment, 54 days are considered as good times credit (Jefferson-Bullock, 2019). For example, if an inmate is imprisoned for ten years and is legible to earn good time credit, then the total good time credit adds up to 540 days. However, the good time credits are given to those inmates who are eligible (Pfaff, 2019). The inmates who are not legible are associated with violence, terrorism, sex exploitation, human trafficking, espionage, and illegal passion firearms since they are the most severe criminal offenses.