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jsickler@justiceadvocacygroupllc.com The Justice Advocacy Group prides itself on having the right individuals on staff contributing to a project’s goals and ideal end result. Ivy Woolf Turk joining our firm has proven quite valuable, especially to female clients heading into the federal system. Ivy’s breadth of knowledge regarding female federal institutions is thorough and the benefit to…
Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) announced they will seek reductions in the number of federal prisoners and the substantial associated costs of incarceration, while additionally seeking to build upon programs designed to ease recidivism. Their proposed legislation compliments other bills recently introduced in Congress intended to reduce the federal prison population via…
The United States Sentencing Commission recently voted to publish proposed amendments to the federal sentencing guidelines including significant revisions to areas governing fraud. The Commission also proposes an amendment to reflect the Drug Enforcement Agency’s rescheduling of hydrocodone. These amendments are preliminary proposals put forward for public comment. Subsequent to that period which runs through…
Former Congressional Representatives J.C. Watts and Alan Mollohan have established the Charles Colson Task Force on Federal Corrections – a nine member blue ribbon panel with a Congressional mandate to review challenges in the federal corrections system and identify practical policy responses. Charles Colson of Watergate era notoriety has been active in building faith-based prison…