Federal Prison Consultants, LLC summarizes "The Second Chance Act of 2007" into potential release benefits for federal prison and some state prison inmates and is available as advocates for federal and state prisoners, their families and criminal defense attorneys.The Second Chance Act primarily authorizes federal funding for state and federal reentry programs. It also directs — but does not require — the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to consider giving federal prisoners longer stays in halfway houses, and authorizes funds for a very limited test program for elderly prisoners. The "second chance" the bill refers to applies almost exclusively to people leaving prison — it does not give shorter sentences to people already in prison. Read »

