Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, the man who opened fire at Virginia's Old Dominion University, was released from prison early despite a terrorism conviction that should have disqualified him from the benefit. The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that JallOH was released in December 2024 due to a loophole in a legal provision that allows some inmates to reduce their sentences by completing a substance abuse treatment program. The agency has since closed the loophole and changed its policies to bar inmates with terrorism-related convictions from being released in this manner. The Bureau also stated that since canceling the union contract last year, no one with terrorism related charges has received time credit for completing the drug treatment program for completing it. Jallo was sentenced to 11 years in prison after pleading guilty to providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State group, and was released about 2½ years early.