The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on Monday declined to confirm to The Tennessee Star that Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist for the Trump administration, was evaluated for possible reductions in his prison sentence in accordance with the First Step Act of 2018.
Bannon, who is now serving a four-month prison sentence after he was convicted in 2022 for his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena by the House January 6 committee, stated on Friday to The National Pulse, “The Harris Bureau of Prisons is illegally holding me past my legal release date–trying to eliminate one of President Trump’s strongest advocates–these criminals reek of desperation,” and called Vice President Kamala Harris the “Mass Incarceration Queen” for the White House’s failure to implement the Trump-era First Step Act (FSA).
The Star reported Monday that the criminal justice reform allows prisoners to receive up to 54 good time credits per year, as well as up to 15 days of good time credits per 30-day period spent in a prison recidivism program, potentially dramatically reducing the amount of time a prisoner is incarcerated in prison, as the good time credits can be used to either directly lower a sentence or allow a prisoner to complete their sentence at a halfway house or under home confinement.