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Preface : Below are the sections I plan to add to the "First Step Act" Wikipedia page, after I have received and implemented feedback from the Advanced Legal Research instructors.

Six Titles of the First Step Act
The First Step Act is divided into six titles. Each addresses a different criminal justice concern. Title I focuses on recidivism reduction. Title II is concerned with the storage of firearms on prison grounds. Title III prohibits some uses of restraints on prisoners during the period of pregnancy, labor, and postpartum recovery. Title IV contains various sentencing reforms, including retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010. Title V is concerned with funding, monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of programs established by the First Step Act. Title VI contains miscellaneous changes to existing laws, ranging from “placing prisoners within 500 miles of the prisoner's primary residence” to “facilitating reentry for terminally ill prisoners” to “providing free tampons and sanitary napkins."

Section 404: Retroactive Application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
Section 404 is one of Title IV’s sentencing reforms. Specifically, Section 404 of the First Step Act makes the provisions of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 retroactive. The Fair Sentencing Act reduced the disparity in sentences imposed for crack cocaine versus those imposed for powder cocaine, but only applied to prisoners convicted of crack cocaine offenses after 2010. Section 404 of the First Step Act allows prisoners convicted before 2010 and the enactment of the Fair Sentencing Act to petition the court for a reduction in sentence.

Section 404(b) states that either the “[criminal] defendant, the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, the attorney for the Government, or the court” may make a motion to “impose a reduced sentence as if Sections 2 and 3 of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-220; 124 Stat. 2372) were in effect at the time the covered offense was committed.” If such a motion is made, the court must first determine whether the defendant is eligible for a reduction in sentence under Section 404 of the First Step Act. A defendant is eligible if their offense is a “(1) federal offense (2) committed before August 3, 2010, the effective date of the Fair Sentencing Act, (3) for which the Fair Sentencing Act changed the statutory penalty range, i.e., certain crack cocaine offenses.” If the court finds that a defendant is eligible, then the court has discretion to reduce the defendant’s sentence.

Prisoners Affected
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that thousands of prisoners will be impacted by the retroactive provisions of Section 404. Similarly, the U.S. Sentencing Commission estimates that 2660 federal prisoners convicted of crack cocaine offenses before 2010 will be affected and that almost 90% of the affected prisoners are black.

On December 27, 2018, Matthew Charles, a black 51-year-old man who served over 20 years in federal prison for dealing crack cocaine, became one of the first individuals to successfully petition for resentencing under Section 404 of the First Step Act. Since December, defendants all over the county have successfully petitioned for resentencing. For example, on April 22, 2019, Judge Weinstein granted the petition of Cheyenne Simons. Not all petitions, however, have been granted.

Kim Kardashian's Advocacy
Kim Kardashian has engaged in celebrity advocacy to help elevate the stories of criminal defendants petitioning for resentencing under the First Step Act.