Legal, Policy and Training Division
TRAINING BRANCH
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Update on BOP Issues Affecting Clients Before and After Sentencing
by Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Federal Defender and Lynn Deffebach, Research & Writing Attorney, D. OR
(Since the advent of the Guidelines, the Bureau of Prisons has systematically increased actual time served by disregarding or misinterpreting statutory authorizations for sentence reductions, good time credit, and community corrections. This article describes the various ways in which the BOP is increasing actual incarceration, and suggests strategies practitioners can use to avoid such increases for their clients.).