.@TheJusticeDept cited #COVID19 as a reason that Roger Stone shouldn't have to report to begin his sentence, and guidance has been adopted generally. But the same agency is appealing the order to let asylum seeking families with children as young as 6 months old out for the same.
"According to guidance from the Department of Justice and the Executive Office of United States Attorneys (EOUSA), U.S. Attorney’s Offices should not object to a defendant’s request to extend a voluntary surrender date for up to 60 days, even at this stage of the pandemic,
unless the defendant poses an immediate public safety or flight risk. The directive applies to defendants whether they pled guilty or were found guilty after a trial, and without respect to age, health, or other COVID-19 risk factors.
This guidance stems from the Attorney General’s March 26, 2020 Memorandum for Director of Bureau of Prisons on “Prioritization of Home Confinement As Appropriate in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic,”
which directed BOP to utilize home confinement “where appropriate, to protect the health and safety of BOP personnel and the people in [BOP] custody.” Available at justice.gov/file/1262731/d… (last viewed June 25, 2020)."
