Originally Published: The Detroit News Written by: David Safavian America uses incarceration far too often, locking up millions of low-level, non-violent offenders for years or even decades. With the highest per-capita incarceration rate in the world, we incarcerate more of…
Originally published by: Clarion Ledger Written by: Matt Schlapp & Van Jones Just hours before the federal government entered a partial shutdown in December, President Trump signed the First Step Act into law. This important criminal justice reform bill passed…
DATE: December 20, 2018 CONTACT: David Safavian General Counsel (202) 347-9388 dsafavian@conservative.org Conservatives Applaud Passage of Criminal Justice Reform “First Step Act is the Most Consequential Criminal Justice Bill in a Generation” WASHINGTON, DC—The U.S. House of Representatives passed the…