How to Transfer to HOME CONFINEMENT from Federal Prison in the Era of COVID-19

The Attorney General of the United States issued an unprecedented Memorandum. He directed the Bureau of Prisons to transfer more people to home confinement from federal prison.

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We include some of the salient points from the Attorney General’s Memorandum below. Consider how you can use those points in an advocacy campaign:

• Last week, I directed the Bureau of Prisons to prioritize the use of home confinement as a tool for combatting the dangers that COVID-19 poses to our vulnerable inmates, while ensuring we successfully discharge our duty to protect the public.

• As you know, we are experiencing significant levels of infection at several of our facilities, including FCI Oakdale, FCI Danbury, and FCI Elkton. We have to move with dispatch in using home confinement, where appropriate, to move vulnerable inmates out of these institutions.
• I would like you to give priority to these institutions, and others similarly affected, as you continue to process the remaining inmates who are eligible for home confinement under pre–CARES Act standards.

• The CARES Act now authorizes me to expand the cohort of inmates who can be considered for home release upon my finding that emergency conditions are materially affecting the functioning of the Bureau of Prisons.
• I hereby make that finding and direct that, as detailed below, you give priority in implementing these new standards to the most vulnerable inmates at the most affected facilities, consistent.with the guidance below.

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The Attorney General issued the following directive to the Bureau of Prisons:

For all inmates whom you deem suitable candidates for home confinement, you are directed to immediately process them for transfer and then immediately transfer them following a 14-day quarantine at an appropriate BOP facility, or, in appropriate cases subject to your case-by­ case discretion, in the residence to which the inmate is being transferred.

It is vital that we not inadvertently contribute to the spread of COVID-19 by transferring inmates from our facilities. Your assessment of these inmates should thus be guided by the factors in my March 26 Memorandum, understanding, though, that inmates with a suitable confinement plan will generally be appropriate candidates for home confinement rather than continued detention at institutions in which COVID-19 is materially affecting their operations. 

I also recognize that BOP has limited resources to monitor inmates on home confinement and that the U.S. Probation Office is unable to monitor large numbers of inmates in the community. I therefore authorize BOP to transfer inmates to home confinement even if electronic monitoring is not available, so long as BOP determines in every such instance that doing so is appropriate and consistent with our obligation to protect public safety.

Notice how the Attorney General gives discretion to the Bureau of Prisons. Advocate on behalf of your loved one, using evidence-based data, or hire our team to help you.

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The Attorney General did not send a mixed message. Look at the clarity by reading below, which we took directly from his Memorandum of April 3, 2020. 

I am therefore directing you to immediately review all inmates who have COVID-19 risk factors, as established by the CDC, starting with the inmates incarcerated at FCI Oakdale, FCI Danbury, FCI Elkton, and similarly situated facilities where you determine that COVID-19 is materially affecting operations.

You should begin implementing this directive immediately at the facilities I have specifically identified and any other facilities facing similarly serious problems.

And now that I have exercised my authority under the CARES Act, your review should include all at-risk inmates- not only those who were previously eligible for transfer.

For these reasons, it’s imperative for family members begin an advocacy campaign for their loved ones today. If you do not know what steps to take, purchase our 15-hour advocacy package to help you launch a campaign specifically to bring your loved one from federal prison to home confinement, using a combination of the CARES Act, the Attorney General’s findings, research from health care, and judicial opinions to build your powerful case for authorities to consider..