Creating a timeline

By Mario Alonso

  • The first local jail

    The first local jail
    It was manage by the sheriff and his family, it wasn't manage by the government it was manage by the home city of the sheriff.

  • The first federal prision

    The first federal prision
    The Three Prison Act established funding for Leavenworth, McNeil Island and UPS Atlanta. The first was in Leavenworth in Kansas.

  • The establish of the BOP

    The establish of the BOP
    The first thing that this bureau do is create their first prision: The USP Lewisburg. This prision have a lot of capacity and good facilities for the prisioners.

  • The Sentencing Reform Act

    The Sentencing Reform Act
    He tightened the laws against prisoners by abolishing parole or the good time.

  • First Step Act

    First Step Act
    Allows courts to sentence people convicted of low-level, nonviolent drug crimes with minor criminal histories to less than the required mandatory minimum sentence. This reduce a lot the number of prisioners