Who is right on the policy merits here — Trump or Sessions? What is the specific bill being considered?
Say what you will about Vox, but I think this is as good a summary as any.
In short- a moderate and overall common-sense bill.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/5/22/17377324/first-step-act-prison-reform-congress
Exactly—the details make all the difference.
But Jared’s supposed idea that his father didn’t deserve prison time is pathetic.
From the article
“Among other things, the First Step Act would ban the shackling of pregnant prisoners. It would expand annual good-time credit to 54 days off a sentence, from 47; reduce the age for elderly inmate compassionate release from 65 to 60; require inmates to be within 500 miles of families; and authorize $250 million over five years for work-training programs for prisoners. “
I think we’re talking about non-violent criminals in jail for an inordinate amount of time.
There are a lot, and I mean a lot of people in the prison system who never get out, because they’ve committed some offense related to drugs, or not showing up for Motor Vehicle citations, or being disorderly etc.
Many are uneducated and poor. Many are young....many are women.
The other thing, is they let you out with no money and no means of support. You’re in jail ten years and you come out with no alternative but to commit another crime.
There are many things about Trump that the left fails to give him credit for.
The latest is the pre-existing conditions. He is bound and determined to make this a republican mandate. Funny how Paul Ryan hasn’t done zilch to make the republicans look good in the eyes of the independents.
Can’t wait to get his sorry butt out of there.
Trump is right. Sessions is becoming an embarrassment.
We have become a nation of imprisoned. We put people in prison unnecessarily and for too long. We just keep building more prisons. A lot of people in prison could be out on parole doing community service and paying a fine.
Short term gain. Trump is using this to lure enough black votes away from the Democrats to give them a very tough uphill slog.
Long term risk. If these people who get sprung go out and start re-offending Trump is going to come off looking very, very bad.