Dani Fitzgerald
Beaver County Times
- Under the First Step Act, nonviolent prisoners are granted early release opportunities.
- The First Step Act is a Trump-era bill aimed to reducing recidivism through a variety of programs and justice reform provisions.
- Wanda Solomon received early release in 2019 but one month later went back to prison due to an oversight by the Bureau of Prisons.
BEAVER, Pa. — Wanda Solomon had meticulously packed her belongings a week earlier.
Her heart pounded as she looked around her room — a dimly lit 9-by-12-foot cubicle with one window, a creaky bunk bed and a locker housing a well-loved Bible. A bulletin board hung empty, no longer dressed with photos and letters from her grandbabies.