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Federal inmates on home confinement due to COVID-19 can stay out of prison, DOJ says
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Thousands of inmates were released in an effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including not being a danger to others.
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The move reverses a Trump-era decision that would have sent nearly all of the thousands of inmates released to home confinement during the pandemic back to prison.
Attorney General Merrick Garland's directive reverses a Trump administration decision that would have required thousands of convicts to return to their cells.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department on Tuesday reversed its own legal opinion and said it would allow federal inmates released on home confinement
Thousands of inmates were released in an effort to ease pandemic conditions as long as they met certain criteria, including not being a danger to others.
By Christina Carrega and Evan Perez, CNN Thousands of federal inmates who were released from prison to complete their sentence from home as a preventative measure to combat the spread of Covid-19, will be allowed to remain on home confinement, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday.
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