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| Justice set to release 6,000 federal inmates in next month |
| By wgrz.com- Kevin Johnson |
| Published: 10/07/2015 |
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WASHINGTON — In an effort to reduce persistent overcrowding and spiraling costs, as many as 6,000 federal prisoners are expected to be released in the next month, according to the the Justice Department. The move represents the largest such purge by the department related to newly adopted federal sentencing policies. The U.S. Sentencing Commission over the past year made thousands of non-violent offenders eligible for reduced sentences, part of an ongoing reversal of harsh criminal justice charging and sentencing policies that led to dramatic expansions of the federal and state prison systems. During the past year, a majority of the 6,000 offenders already have been directed to halfway houses and other lesser forms of re-entry custody to prepare for actual release back into their communities. About a third of the inmates will be turned over to immigration authorities for likely deportation proceedings. Read More. |
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