Unlocking U.S. Sentencing Reform (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

The biggest release of federal prisoners in US history is unfolding this month. By November 2, six thousand prisoners will be out through the gates, the first of more than 40,000 on the road to early release. Most are drug offenders whose sentences, under mandatory sentencing guidelines, now just look too long. Like overkill. And there is more sentencing reform coming. The US is a stark world leader in incarceration. By a very wide margin. Now there is bi-partisan support for doing something about it. But how much? And how fast? This hour On Point, facing America’s imprisonment problem. - Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/10/12/prison-reform-us-prisoner-release