Archive for April 2019

The Pre-Sentence Investigation (PSI) and the subsequent Pre-Sentence Investigation Report (PSR) is without a doubt the most dominant and definitive document used by the Court in determining a defendant’s federal prison sentence. The PSI is the defendant’s Bible. It is his life history as seen through the eyes of the probation officer authoring the report.…

The FIRST STEP act has passed, and President Donald Trump signed it into law on December 27, 2018.  We’re excited at the prospects this means for the reform of the US federal prison system. This act is the biggest piece of legislation since the Prison Rape Elimination Act and the first piece of legislation that…