A provision in the First Step Act could allow judges to release vulnerable federal inmates during the COVID-19 pandemic, a move advocates are pushing for over concerns the virus could easily spread in federal penitentiaries.

Groups have already pointed to federal correctional facilities as having the perfect conditions for an outbreak, noting the unsanitary conditions, strained resources and little space to allow inmates to use best practices such as social distancing.

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