AG Reports on FSA
Under the FSA, the Attorney General (AG) is required to report to Congress on the activities undertaken and accomplishments reached in carrying out the Act.
The Attorney General's FSA § 3634 Annual Report
This fourth report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in carrying out the Act since the last Report.
This third report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in carrying out the Act since the last Report.
This second report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in carrying out the Act from October 2020 through March 2022.
This initial report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the Department of Justice and the Attorney General in carrying out the Act from December 21, 2018 through September 30, 2020.
FSA Risk and Needs Assessment System
This report outlines the enhancements and updates to the Risk Assessment System and includes updates on First Step Act implementation.
This report outlines the work of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop and implement the Risk and Needs Assessment System. It also introduces the new System that the Federal Bureau of Prisons will deploy in its facilities and announces the DOJ's strategic plan to evaluate, validate, and enhance the System over time.
Review and Revalidation of the FSA Risk Assessment Tool
This report adheres to requirements of the First Step Act of 2018, which calls for the development and implementation of a risk and needs assessment system, and provides a review and validation of the Standardized Prisoner Assessment for Reduction in Criminality, known as SPARC-13.
This document is the fourth review and revalidation report of the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN); it analyzes recidivism outcomes, assesses proportions of change in risk scores, and provides extra information on individual items by race and ethnic group; and it is organized into the following sections: methodology, including data and sample, sample characteristics, and analytic plan; predictive validity; dynamic validity; racial and ethnic neutrality; discussion and conclusion; references; and four appendixes.
This document is the third annual review and revalidation report on the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN), evaluating for predictive accuracy, dynamic validity, and racial and ethnic neutrality, as mandated by the First Step Act of 2018.
This report documents the activities and accomplishments of a project to develop the Prisoner Assessment Tool Targeting Estimated Risk and Needs (PATTERN), which stemmed from the federal First Step Act (FSA) of 2018, which mandates the development and implementation of a risk and needs assessment system for use with each person in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
This report summarizes the activities and accomplishments of the US Department of Justice and the National Institute of Justice in carrying out the mandates required under the First Step Act.
Supplemental Reports
The document is a report from the U.S. Department of Justice detailing efforts to implement the provisions and intent of the First Step Act, aimed at improving criminal justice outcomes and reducing the federal prison population.
This report outlines the U.S. Department of Justice's implementation of the First Step Act (FSA) during the first 90 days following its enactment.