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| More drug offenders could be released from prison |
| By bangordailynews.com |
| Published: 09/02/2014 |
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Maine and the nation will have about a year to figure out how best to prepare for a potential increase in drug trafficking offenders being released from federal prison. Federal and local agencies should not just ask what they can do to accommodate the increase and ensure inmates get basic transitional services. Rather, they should use the opportunity to seriously examine how to better reintegrate all inmates back into society. Unless Congress blocks it before Nov. 1, a new rule from the U.S. Sentencing Commission will lower the mandatory minimum sentencing guideline ranges that apply to most federal drug trafficking offenders — allowing inmates to petition for earlier release from prison. It’s part of an attempt to bring greater fairness to a sentencing system that has too harshly punished drug offenders. Read More. |
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