Starting next month (January 2020), all clients in BOP custody will be subject to a risk and needs assessment under the First Step Act. By January 2022, the BOP is supposed to provide all clients programming based on their identified needs. As an incentive for participating in programming, the First Step Act directs that some clients be able to earn time credits, which, under some circumstances, can be used towards pre-release custody (halfway house or home confinement) or supervised release. BOP has stated it will post available programming opportunities on its website next month.
Attached is a one-page cheat sheet on the major provisions of the Act that deal with earning and using the time credits. This document is also available online on FD.org.