Biden DOJ Says Prisoners Released Due to COVID-19 Can Stay on Home Confinement

Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington on Oct. 27, 2021. Tom Brenner/AFP via Getty Images

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that federal inmates who were released early due to the COVID-19 pandemic can remain at home.

The DOJ order to the Bureau of Prisons reverses a previous decision that would have required many to return back to prison.