We can request that judges trump BOP over-incarceration policies by structuring proposed sentences to accomplish what Congress authorized but the BOP won't implement.When the BOP abolishes boot camp for non-violent defendants with a sentence of 30 months or less, we propose a six month term of imprisonment, followed by six months in a halfway house as a condition of supervised release, followed by home detention, both conditioned on community service. [read post]

Oregon's a big place inhabited by only 3.5 million people, most of whom live in Portland or the Willamette Valley to its south. [read post]