Thousands of federal convicts released to home confinement during COVID will be sent BACK to prison when the pandemic 'emergency' is over, Biden administration says
The White House's move underscores a Trump-era memo written in late January It states that inmates released on home confinement under the CARES Act must return to prison up to 30 days after the pandemic state of emergency ends Officials reportedly said the decision is based on legal interpretation, not policy The decision applies to roughly 4,000 nonviolent inmates Democrats in Congress and groups including the ACLU have put pressure on Biden to use his presidential powers to reverse the Trump DOJ policy A nationwide spike in COVID cases fueled by the Delta variant means the emergency declaration will likely last through the rest of the year By Elizabeth Elkind, Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Published: 15:13 BST, 20 July 2021 | Updated: 15:15 BST, 20 July 2021
The Biden administration is reportedly sticking by a Trump-era policy to send thousands of federal convicts released to home confinement during COVID back to prison a month after the pandemic is over.
A memo from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel sent a week before Biden took office states that inmates whose sentences last beyond the official state of emergency declared for the pandemic have to go back behind bars.
'We understand that approximately 40 percent of those prisoners would not have been eligible [for home confinement] absent the emergency authority,' the order reads.
More than 7,000 inmates are currently under home confinement including those not sent home under pandemic rules, according to the BOP.
The Biden legal team's decision backs a memo written by the Trump DOJ during the ex-president's last days in office. It states that federal convicts must return to prison no more than 30 days after the official pandemic emergency declaration ends
The CARES Act reportedly allowed about 4,000 nonviolent offenders to be released
The CARES Act allowed about 4,000 nonviolent offenders to temporarily leave prison, the New York Times reports.
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