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U.S. to Release 6,000 Inmates From Prisons
Tuesday, October 06, 2015
- The New York Times
- Link: http://www.nytimes.com
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is preparing to release roughly 6,000 inmates from federal prisons starting at the end of this month as part of an effort to ease overcrowding and roll back the harsh penalties given to nonviolent drug dealers in the 1980s and ’90s, according to federal law enforcement officials.
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