Indian Prisoner Gets Home Confinement Recommendation From Judge Under CARES Act

Mealey's (March 9, 2021, 11:43 AM EST) -- EUGENE, Ore. — Although an Oregon federal judge on March 8 refused to release a tribal member convicted of a firearms offense from prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she recommended that the Bureau of Prisons place the man on home confinement under regulations adopted in last year’s coronavirus federal relief act....