Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. First Step Shelter, a homeless shelter in Daytona Beach that helps people from across the county, received a lifeline on Tuesday ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. Many Federal inmates earn First Step Act credits to reduce ...

The story of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old who was killed by her fiancé while traveling in 2021, once again sent the topic of domestic violence into the national spotlight. Petito's stepfather is ...

The First Step Act represented one of the most significant federal prison reform efforts in decades. Passed with bipartisan support in 2018, the law was intended to reduce recidivism, expand ...

When we reconnected on Capitol Hill, we shook hands and smiled. The differences in our lives are stark. One of us served 22 years in prison and was released five years ago thanks to legislation known ...

DAYTONA BEACH — Three months into its new budget year, First Step Shelter still doesn't know if it will be receiving funding this fiscal year from the county government. It's foreign financial ...

DAYTONA BEACH — As First Step Shelter heads toward the end of its sixth year in operation, the nonprofit's board has approved the budget that will keep the organization running over the next 12 months ...

President-elect Trump has been accused of countless things, but never of being predictable. Criminal justice policy is a case in point. Few could have anticipated that landmark prison reform stymied ...

The First Step Act (FSA) was a landmark achievement in the area of criminal justice reform. It came at a time of partisan politics and a divided Congress and was the only significant bi-partisan ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Sometimes, the first step to changing your life starts somewhere where people are ready to take that first step with you. “It takes a tribe, and we are tribe," said Shawna Long. ...