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4,000 Homebound Detainees Could Be Sent Back to Prison After Pandemic Emergency Order Lifted

HeadlineJul 26, 2021

In other coronavirus news, advocates are calling on the Biden administration to take action after it upheld a Trump memo which would send some 4,000 prisoners, currently in home confinement, back to jail once the pandemic state of emergency is lifted. Either Biden would have to commute their sentences or Congress could pass a law extending home confinement beyond the emergency order.

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