It started with Eric Holder when he cancelled mandatory minimums. I liked Eric Holder. I always got the feeling as though he cared about the people of the country. His prosecutions of Wall Street were record fines, but, even those were pathetic to the crimes against Americans by the financial sector.
7 October 2015
The release is the biggest of its kind in US history, (click here) the Washington Post reported.
The inmates being released early were all convicted of drug-related charges.
An additional 8,500 inmates will be eligible for release starting in November.
The US Sentencing Commission unanimously approved the reductions to the jail terms of inmates last year.
Up to 46,000 of the nation's about 100,000 drug offenders could qualify for early release under the commission recommendations.
These 6,000 prisoners are the first wave of early releases. Most of the those released will see about two years trimmed from their original prison terms.
"Even with the Sentencing Commission's reductions, drug offenders will have served substantial prison sentences," Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the Post.
About one-third of the inmates up for release are foreign citizens. They will be quickly deported, officials said....
Over 1.5 million people in our prison system of which 51% serving for non-violent offenses. This is just the federal system. There are still jails through the country that leaves me wondering what is being done about them. The jails in Los Angeles is one with revolving doors. The recidivism rate is hideous and the jail is as much a piece of the gangland as the street.
I suppose as a judge one is faced with a way to bring justice, but, at some point the establishment has to ask if there is a better way.
Any form of recidivism is not about the person, it is about the society. What type of society do inmates face when they leave jail or prison. Where are the avenues to work and rewards of life? Where do they go if addiction continues to call to them?
Any of the prisoners released today will face a country far different than the one they left when imprisoned. Any drug issue will find completely different dynamics including what is legal, I worry about that. They'll no doubt realize quickly the sincere and profound unjust incarceration they were sentenced to while the country was finding new paths to defining crime.
I hope we are the nation of people that knows the injustice and find ways to make their lives better and successful.
7 October 2015
The release is the biggest of its kind in US history, (click here) the Washington Post reported.
The inmates being released early were all convicted of drug-related charges.
An additional 8,500 inmates will be eligible for release starting in November.
The US Sentencing Commission unanimously approved the reductions to the jail terms of inmates last year.
Up to 46,000 of the nation's about 100,000 drug offenders could qualify for early release under the commission recommendations.
These 6,000 prisoners are the first wave of early releases. Most of the those released will see about two years trimmed from their original prison terms.
"Even with the Sentencing Commission's reductions, drug offenders will have served substantial prison sentences," Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the Post.
About one-third of the inmates up for release are foreign citizens. They will be quickly deported, officials said....
Over 1.5 million people in our prison system of which 51% serving for non-violent offenses. This is just the federal system. There are still jails through the country that leaves me wondering what is being done about them. The jails in Los Angeles is one with revolving doors. The recidivism rate is hideous and the jail is as much a piece of the gangland as the street.
I suppose as a judge one is faced with a way to bring justice, but, at some point the establishment has to ask if there is a better way.
Any form of recidivism is not about the person, it is about the society. What type of society do inmates face when they leave jail or prison. Where are the avenues to work and rewards of life? Where do they go if addiction continues to call to them?
Any of the prisoners released today will face a country far different than the one they left when imprisoned. Any drug issue will find completely different dynamics including what is legal, I worry about that. They'll no doubt realize quickly the sincere and profound unjust incarceration they were sentenced to while the country was finding new paths to defining crime.
I hope we are the nation of people that knows the injustice and find ways to make their lives better and successful.
