Feds to release 6k inmates

[JerryB]

Justice Department to release 6,000 inmates from federal prisons beginning Oct. 30

Published October 06, 2015 FoxNews.com

The Justice Department will release some 6,000 inmates from federal prisons beginning at the end of the month as part of new sentencing guidelines for drug crimes established last year, a federal law enforcement official confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.

The new drug sentencing guidelines from U.S. Sentencing Commission, which are intended to reduce penalties on certain nonviolent drug offenders, also applies to any future offenders.

The U.S. Sentencing Commission decided in July 2014 that close to 50,000 federal inmates locked up on drug charges would be eligible for reduced sentences. The new sentencing guidelines took effect on Nov. 1, 2014.

The commission’s action is separate from an effort by President Obama to grant clemency to certain nonviolent drug offenders, The Washington Post first reported Tuesday.

The timeframe for release by the Bureau of Prisons is Oct. 30 through Nov. 2, an official told Fox News.

The agency was given one year to prepare for the release of these inmates, which will be one of the largest one-time releases of federal prisoners ever, according to a federal law enforcement official.

While “a majority” of the inmates granted release will be transferred to halfway houses and, in certain cases, drug rehabilitation centers, approximately one-third will be handed over to ICE to face possible deportation, according to an official.

The individuals released at the end of the month will also face a normal probationary period and supervised release.

Under the new guidelines, inmates who were deemed eligible under the new rules could apply for release, according to a law enforcement official.

Each case was then reviewed by a federal judge in the district in which the inmate’s case was tried in order to determine whether it would be beneficial to public safety to grant the prisoner early release.

“Even with the Sentencing Commission’s reductions, drug offenders will have served substantial prison sentences. Moreover, these reductions are not automatic,” Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates said in a statement. “Under the Commission's directive, Federal judges are required to carefully consider public safety in deciding whether to reduce an inmate’s sentence."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/10 ... nning-oct/

[JerryB]

The headline should've read, "Drug Dealers to get an Early Christmas Present."

[Pogo The Clown]

This is only the beginning of course. I'm sure the quality of life will be improved.


Pogo

[brianwellbrock]

Hopefully Cowboy Martarano will be released finally.

[Pogo The Clown]

Hopefully Cowboy Martarano will be released finally.

He is White so highly unlikely.


Pogo

[brianwellbrock]

Yeah if anybody fits the bill...him and white boy Rick.

While its good in practice you got some people who went in at 23-24 and have been locked up for 25-30 years. What in the hell are they going to do? Getting out of jail is easy, adjusting to the outside is different. My last time I was in was 92 days and even that took 3 weeks to get back from. TBH, if I were some of theze guys Id rather be locked up.

On another note, I just looked at some recent photos of Martarano and he seems to have entered his giving up phase that most long term inmates get. Hes aged 20 years in the past 5 or so. Most people serving life or what amounts to it finally lose hope and they cant accept it. Manson killer Van Houten has had the same happen to her.

[Rocco]

So basically he is releasing ALL Street gang members who were not convicted of murder...? LMAO!

[123JoeSchmo]

There is a real need for prison reform in this country, especially when it comes to non-violent drug offenders. Most prisons are privately owned and it's costing us a fortune to lock all these people up. However the approach needs to be practical not the usual bullshit Obama does when he wants to solve a problem his way

[Five Felonies]

There is a real need for prison reform in this country, especially when it comes to non-violent drug offenders.

agreed, from a personal freedom standpoint the idea that a bunch of power hungry corrupt adults can tell other adults what they can and can't put in their own bodies is crazy, matched only in crazy by the people who actually believe the silly lies these people spew to justify it. from a monetary standpoint is has cost us dearly, both in terms of the incarceration itself as well as the boatload of social welfare programs needed to subsidize single parent homes. treatment has shown time and time again to be much more cost effective solution, but those with a very rigid sense of ideology don't care about facts and the like.

Most prisons are privately owned

while the numbers are rising at ever increasing rates, this just isn't true...

"Today, for-profit companies are responsible for approximately 6 percent of state prisoners, 16 percent of federal prisoners, and inmates in local jails in Texas, Louisiana, and a handful of other states."

https://www.aclu.org/issues/mass-incarc ... te-prisons

with that said, the idea that a company makes money off people being locked up and actively lobbies on a large scale to insure that their facilities remain full is extremely troubling to put it mildly. today it's drugs, who knows what it will be tomorrow, always important to keep in mind for the hardliners. not to mention the insane amount of serious issues with these facilities, be it sexual abuses, knowingly understaffing extremely violent places to save money, or the horrendous kids for cash scandal in pennsylvania that was about one of the most disturbing things i've ever watched!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q21KnjiJ0xI

[Snakes]

Despite premature projections that George Martorano was "too white" to gain an early release, the former "longest-serving non-violent offender" was released from prison Monday after 31 years.

[B.]

Despite premature projections that George Martorano was "too white" to gain an early release, the former "longest-serving non-violent offender" was released from prison Monday after 31 years.

Wow, this is huge news to me.

It's probably too late for him to "be with New York" like his father had arranged, haha.

[Rocco]

Why cant we do what England did with all their criminals and ship them to an island on the other side of the world(Australia). Probably more cost effective. Buy ad island in the south pacific and just ship are the jerk offs there. They can fend for them selves. Live off of coconuts and fish.