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1 Φεβ 2024 · Feb 1 (Reuters) - Thousands of federal inmates, who are disproportionately Black and Hispanic, became eligible on Thursday for reduced sentences, and in many cases immediate release from...
88.1% of individuals in federal prison were sentenced within the past ten years; 67.1% were sentenced within the past five years. 93.0% are men. 34.8% are Black, 31.1% are Hispanic, 29.9% are White, and 4.2% are Other races.
14 Μαρ 2024 · State and federal prison admissions dropped 40% in the first year of the pandemic (2020), and by June 2021, jail admissions were down 33% compared to the 12 months ending in June 2019. Before 2020, the number of annual jail admissions was consistently 10 million or more.
5 Νοε 2018 · Policy decisions of the U.S. Sentencing Commission over the past decade have also demonstrated that federal sentences can be reduced without adversely affecting crime control goals. The first instance occurred from the Commission’s Guidelines amendment change for crack cocaine convictions in 2007, which was made retroactive as of 2008.
The ABA supports comprehensive federal sentencing reform to address over-incarceration, including expansion of alternatives to prison, greater use of drug courts and community confinement for drug offenders, and restoration of discretion for sentencing judges.
Federal Offenders in Prison – March 2021 — Offender and Offense Characteristics • 87.1% of offenders in federal prison were sentenced within the past ten years; 62.5% were sentenced within the past five years. • 93.1% are men. • 34.9% are Black, 31.6% are Hispanic, 29.6% are White, and 3.9% are Other races. • Their average age is 41 ...
17 Φεβ 2023 · United States — raised hope for expanded relief for those still in prison under now-repudiated federal penalties. Instead, there remains a deep disagreement among federal courts over how, if at all, to weigh nonretroactive changes to federal penalties when revisiting a prison sentence.
