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On the recordFebruary 2, 2022
The Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel published a memorandum concluding that the Bureau of Prisons was not required to return those released to home confinement under the CARES Act to prison once the emergency period ended.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

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Cohen references a DOJ memorandum regarding home confinement rules.

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