THE SENTENCING PROJECT

Safer Detention Act (S.3485), legislation to expand elderly home confinement and compassionate release eligibility within the Bureau of Prisons EQUAL Act (no number yet), a bill to eliminate the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine First Step Implementation Act (S. 3482) - A bill to make retroactive and expand key portions of the First Step Act Safer Supervision Act (S. 3077/HR 5883) DC Local Funds Act (S.1077) - bill to restore locally-raised funds to the DC budget FY26 CJS Appropriations -- advocating for Congress to rescind appropriated funds to build FCI Letcher H.R. 4922/S.2686 - D.C. Crimes Act - Advocated against bill to lower the age of eligibility for relief under the Youth Rehabilitation Act in the District of Columbia H.R. 5140 - Advocated against bill to lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age H.R. 5172 - Strong Sentences for Safer D.C. Streets Act of 2025 - Advocated against bill to increase the mandatory minimum sentences applicable to certain crimes in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes H.R. 5242/ S. 2815 - Advocated against bill to repeal the Second Chance Amendment Act of 2022 and the Incarceration Reduction Amendment Act of 2016 Capitol Emergency Control Act (H.R. 5207) - Advocated against extension of Metropolitan Police Department federalization BOWSER Act (H.R.1089) - Advocated against bill that would end Home Rule in the District of Columbia