California is planning to release thousands of inmates in order to reduce prison capacity. According to reports on Saturday, the state is expected to increase early release credits for 76,000 inmates, including violent and repeat felons. Nearly 20,000 serving life sentences may be eligible for good behavior credits, which will shorten their sentences by one-third. […]
President Biden on Tuesday ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to phase out its use of private prisons. The executive order, signed alongside three others as part of an effort to address racial inequality, largely returns the department to the policy adopted under the Obama administration. “To decrease incarceration levels, we must reduce profit-based incentives […]