U.S. Department of Justice to release 6,000 inmates from federal prisons
- 9 years ago
WASHINGTON-- The largest ever one-time release of U.S. federal prisoners is about to go down. Some 6,000 federal prison inmates will be released at the end of October. That's right, your nonviolent drug-dealing daddies are coming home.
A bipartisan bill will reduce mandatory minimum sentences and eliminate the three-strikes law for federal drug offenders. Roughly a quarter of the total federal prison population will be eligible for sentence reductions.
The Department of Justice received 17,000 applications, of which 13,000 were approved. Initially, 6,000 prisoners will be released, while the others must wait until their reduced sentences are served.
About one-third of those to be released are foreign citizens who will promptly be deported. The other two-thirds of the soon-to-be-free inmates will enter halfway houses to help them transition back into society.
The plan doesn't address the 1.4 million convicts serving time in state prisons, the majority of whom are violent offenders. And even in states like Colorado where weed has been legalized, there is no retroactive pardon for past offenders.
The U.S. is finally acting on the fact that Richard Nixon's War on Drugs was a failure. It's about time to because it's been costing Americans about $500 per second. The release of 6,000 nonviolent offenders won't solve America's prison problem, but it is a step in the right direction.
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A bipartisan bill will reduce mandatory minimum sentences and eliminate the three-strikes law for federal drug offenders. Roughly a quarter of the total federal prison population will be eligible for sentence reductions.
The Department of Justice received 17,000 applications, of which 13,000 were approved. Initially, 6,000 prisoners will be released, while the others must wait until their reduced sentences are served.
About one-third of those to be released are foreign citizens who will promptly be deported. The other two-thirds of the soon-to-be-free inmates will enter halfway houses to help them transition back into society.
The plan doesn't address the 1.4 million convicts serving time in state prisons, the majority of whom are violent offenders. And even in states like Colorado where weed has been legalized, there is no retroactive pardon for past offenders.
The U.S. is finally acting on the fact that Richard Nixon's War on Drugs was a failure. It's about time to because it's been costing Americans about $500 per second. The release of 6,000 nonviolent offenders won't solve America's prison problem, but it is a step in the right direction.
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