Axios: Home confinees face imminent return to prison

Criminal justice reform groups at least want the memo reviewed, new guidance issued or for the Justice Department to find other ways to allow people who've been released to serve the rest of their time at home.

  • Groups like Justice Action Network, Families Against Mandatory Minimums and the ACLU are now calling on Biden to use his clemency powers to commute the sentences of people who would be forced back to prison.

The big picture: Biden has faced criticism for his role in the 1994 Crime Bill, which substantially increased prison populations.

  • "This is potentially a larger increase in the federal prison population," Justice Action Network federal director Inimai Chettiar told Axios.

https://www.axios.com/prison-coronavirus-biden-justice-department-58882af9-d14a-4bcc-a0db-93873299a918.html

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