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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Justice Department about to free 6,000 prisoners, largest one-time release

The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners — in an effort to reduce overcrowding and provide relief to drug offenders who received harsh sentences over the past three decades.

The inmates from federal prisons nationwide will be set free by the department’s Bureau of Prisons between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. Most of them will go to halfway houses and home confinement before being put on supervised release.

The early release follows action by the U.S. Sentencing Commission — an independent agency that sets sentencing policies for federal crimes — which reduced the potential punishment for future drug offenders last year and then made that change retroactive.

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Part of Obama's plan to destabilize the country?

Anonymous said...

Give them a place to stay in Obama home town.

Anonymous said...

All friends of friends of Obama.

Anonymous said...

This should make everyone feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that these drug dealers will be once again out on the streets of the great USA peddling their poison to the children...all thanks to the Obama administration.
Look out the war zones that are currently the inner cities. Things are going to get a lot worse. Any and all problems facing blacks in this country-they need look no further than Obama and if they can't see it then there is NO hope for them and they deserve to be wallowing and drowning in the cesspools of their own creations for being so damn stupid.

Anonymous said...

Katie, bar the doors!

Anonymous said...

Lock & load

Anonymous said...

Drug dealers, sex offenders, pimps, violent people, all released onto society for the fun of watching them start up again. Keeps us from watching Washington.

Anonymous said...

If it's just simple possession of marijuana without an associated violent crime committed, especially a handgun violation, let them go.