July 2026
(July 2026) When possible, the Commission performs sentencing and prison impact reports as part of its consideration of...
Prison Issues
Prison Issues
Quick Facts
July 2026
Quick Facts
May 2026
March 2026
This toolkit provides a collection of publicly available resources on First Step Act Earned Time Credits. It will be...
Quick Facts
Data Briefing
June 2025
This Special Edition QuickFacts highlights a recent project undertaken by the Commission's Office of Research and Data...
Quick Facts
June 2025
June 2025
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
The Commission seeks comment on proposed priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2026. Public comment should be...
Press Releases
Embracing the public’s ideas to improve sentencing, Commission unanimously adopts policy priorities.
Amendment Cycle
August 2024
Amendment Cycle
Final Priorities
The Commission published final priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2025. Federal Register Notice
Press Releases
Commission releases interactive resources providing an overview of certain Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) programs.
July 2024
This toolkit provides a collection of publicly available resources on the BOP's Residential Drug Abuse Treatment Program...
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May 2024
This toolkit provides a collection of publicly available resources on problem-solving courts, including diversion...
September 2023
(September 2023) This publication combines data the Commission regularly collects with data from a special coding...
August 2023
Amendment Cycle
Final Priorities
The Commission published final priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2024. Federal Register Notice
Public Comment from August 1, 2023
August 2023
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
Summary
The Commission received comment on proposed priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2024.
June 2023
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Priorities
The Commission seeks comment on proposed priorities for the amendment cycle ending May 1, 2024. Public comment should be...
July 2022
(July 2022) This report examines older federal offenders and the crimes for which they were sentenced in fiscal year...
June 2022
(June 2022) This report is the seventh and final report in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the...
June 2022
(June 2022) This report is the sixth in a series continuing the Commission’s study of the recidivism of federal...
May 2022
(May 2022) This report is the fifth in a series continuing the Commission’s study of the recidivism of federal offenders...
Press Releases
Honorable Charles R. Breyer, Acting Chair issues statement on new Compassionate Release Report.
March 2022
(March 2022) This publication describes trends in compassionate release decisions during fiscal year 2020—focusing on...
Report-At-A-Glance
March 2022
This snapshot highlights the Commission's 2022 report, Compassionate Release: The Impact of the First Step Act and COVID...
February 2022
(February 2022) This report is the fourth in a series continuing the Commission’s research of the recidivism of federal...
October 2021
(October 2021) This report examines for the first time Federal Offenders Who Served in the Armed Forces and studies the...
Report-At-A-Glance
January 2021
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's series of reports on differences in federal sentencing...
December 2020
(December 2020) This report updates the 2012 Booker Report’s examination of the influence of the guidelines on the...
August 2020
(August 2020) With a full year of data now available since the passage of the First Step Act of 2018, the Commission...
Report-At-A-Glance
August 2020
This infographic presents an overview of the Commission's 2020 report, The First Step Act of 2018: One Year of...
January 2020
(January 2020) This report examines variations in sentencing practices—and corresponding variations in sentencing...
June 2019
(June 2019) This report is the sixth in a series of recidivism reports and provides an analysis of federal firearms...
January 2019
(January 2019) This report is the fifth in a series of reports and provides a recidivism analysis of federal offenders...
January 2019
(January 2019) This report examines variations in sentencing practices—and corresponding variations in sentencing...
March 2018
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
Summary
The Commission received reply comment on proposed amendments related to synthetic drugs. (83 FR 3869)
September 2017
(September 2017) This publication summarizes the nature of emerging federal alternative-to-incarceration court programs...
September 2017
(September 2017) This report analyzes sentence commutations granted under the 2014 Clemency Initiative. The Commission...
Press Releases
U.S. Sentencing Commission releases new publication, 2017 Overview of Mandatory Minimum Penalties in the Federal...
Press Releases
The Wall Street Journal published a letter to the editor from Chair Saris regarding Mortimer Zuckerman’s op-ed “Harsh...
Press Releases
– The Commission adopts is policy priorities for the upcoming amendment cycle.
Amendment Cycle
January 2012
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
May 2007
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
May 2006
Amendment Cycle
Proposed Amendments
May 2000
Amendment Cycle
Adopted Amendments
BAC2210-40/2211-01 UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION Sentencing Guidelines for United States Courts AGENCY: United...
This document provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about the Commission's prison and sentencing...
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