Subject: RE: Question regarding Placement in a Halfway House

From: Subject: RE: Question regarding Placement in a Halfway House Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:17:29 +0000 Importance: Normal Thank you so much. This is exactly the info that I needed. Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 Messke Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 11:02 AM Subject: Re: Question regarding Placement in a Halfway House No problem at all. As you probably already know, the recently enacted Second Chance Act (Pub. L. No. 110- 199), as well as some recent Circuit decisions, made some changes to the Bureau of Prisons' statutory authority and processes regarding RRC (Residential Re-entry Center, aka halfway house) placement. Whereas prior to the Second Chance Act the BOP was limited to RRC transfers for the last 10 percent of an inmate's sentence (not to exceed six months), under amended 18 U.S.C. 3624(c)(1) the BOP can place an inmate in a re-entry transitional placement for up to 12 m