Federal inmates who committed their offenses before Nov. 1, 1987, can’t seek compassionate release, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Wednesday.

A Justice Policy Institute report exposes Maryland’s so-called compassionate release as a failure — keeping aging, overwhelmingly Black individuals behind bars until they are near death, ...

Rudolph Puana wants his 90- month sentence reduced because he has a tumor and needs surgery. The Hawaii Island medical doctor ...

Compassionate release laws at the state and federal levels should make dementia an explicit criterion for early release. Facilities should also screen older patients for dementia on a regular ...

Now, thanks to a program known as compassionate release, she is free. And her freedom could help pave a similar path for other people who experienced physical or sexual assault behind bars.

A convicted bank robber released early from federal prison on a “compassionate release” program is heading back to the slammer for the same crime he was originally sent away for. Markham David ...

From 2020 to 2022, the 5th Circuit’s compassionate release approval rate remained the lowest, at 9.6%, commission reports show. However, that rate increased in 2023 and 2024, removing the 5th ...

A federal judge last week declined to order the early release of an incarcerated man who was concerned about being infected with COVID-19, yet refused to get vaccinated. In an Aug. 14 order, U.S ...

CHICAGO — A federal court in Illinois declined the compassionate release requested by a former Sinaloa cartel operative who was sentenced in October 2023. He says that he was subject to physical abuse ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro, the former Pennsylvania attorney general, supports the release. The judge says she is inclined to agree. Bozeman, 68, would not be released to go on a crime spree.