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House Dem introduces bill to incentivize states to reduce prison populations

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

House Dem introduces bill to incentivize states to reduce prison populations

 

"A House Democrat has introduced a criminal justice reform bill in the House meant to reduce the nation's mass incarceration rate.

Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.) introduced the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act on Wednesday, along with Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), who introduced a companion bill in the Senate in June.

The measure would create $20 billion in grant funding over 10 years to incentivize states to reduce their prison populations. To qualify, states would have to reduce their inmate populations by 7 percent every three years without increasing crime rates..."

 

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