Mass incarceration. Sessions says- Lock em up, throw away the key.

[Auld Phart]

Just go thru Congress and make everything legal


That would solve the problem

I don't think everything should be legal, but in a country where 1 of 100 adults are behind bars, should marijuana (for example) really be federally illegal? What kind of effect does that have on our society?

Get Congress to change it

marijuana isn't the problem. The huge profits in jailing our citizens is the problem.

Legalize pot= small time users dont' go to prison=fewer prisons

 

[Aries]

Just go thru Congress and make everything legal


That would solve the problem

I don't think everything should be legal, but in a country where 1 of 100 adults are behind bars, should marijuana (for example) really be federally illegal? What kind of effect does that have on our society?

Get Congress to change it

marijuana isn't the problem. The huge profits in jailing our citizens is the problem.

Legalize pot= small time users dont' go to prison=fewer prisons

Yes pot certainly needs to be federally legal. No doubt about it.
I think that Obama's ending of private prison contracts would have done a HUGE good to our country, but obviously Donnie nixed that.
Minimum sentences need to go
and we should certainly reevaluate our sentencing durations.

 

[BlindBoo]

It really comes as no surprise. The Grabby One is following the Nixon line. He'll probably use it as a political weapon too before it's all said and done.

and everyone knows
"good people don't smoke marijuana"

I remember a Penthouse cartoon where two cops were beating up a couple of hippies......in the caption one cop said to the other "I smoked marijuana once, it made me want to rape and kill"

 

[Aries]

Mandatory min sentencing is stupid.

However, we don't incarcerate too many people. We RELEASE too many people early so instead of removing them from society and breaking that criminal chain, they are constantly being released back out into the community to commit more crime, break more lives, create more criminals.

People who commit person on person crimes should be locked up for their full sentences. And those sentences should be severe. Property crimes should also be severe.

And crazy people should be institutionalized. Cripes our cops here are killing homeless people when they try to FORCE THEM OUT OF CUSTODY. It's insane. Build nuthouses and put them in them!

we lock up far more people than any other country.
Do you think Americans are inherently more violent, dangerous, crazed, lunatics than are found around the rest of the world?

 

[Darkwind]

In the end, Sessions is telling his subordinates that they will press for the maximum sentences offered by the law being broken.

This is the job and it is a dereliction of the job to do otherwise. This is why Obama's Justice Department was wrong.

Sessions is NOT telling the Judges how to rule, however. If you people only learned to think critically you'd see that.

If you read the article he is changing policies that does have some effect on how judges are able to rule.

I guess you must own a private prison and make billions off of taking your neighbors freedom. There is no other reason you would support this sort of mass incarceration as it is deeply damaging to our citizens and our society.

Your lame attempt at insult aside, Sessions did NOT write the mandatory sentencing structures nor is he responsible for them. Neither should he allow these mandates to affect his job or the way he does his job.

Unless you are saying that someone who has committed a serious RICO felony should instead be charged with jaywalking so that we can avoid having judges impose mandatory minimum sentences.

 

[Darkwind]

Mandatory min sentencing is stupid.

However, we don't incarcerate too many people. We RELEASE too many people early so instead of removing them from society and breaking that criminal chain, they are constantly being released back out into the community to commit more crime, break more lives, create more criminals.

People who commit person on person crimes should be locked up for their full sentences. And those sentences should be severe. Property crimes should also be severe.

And crazy people should be institutionalized. Cripes our cops here are killing homeless people when they try to FORCE THEM OUT OF CUSTODY. It's insane. Build nuthouses and put them in them!

we lock up far more people than any other country.
Do you think Americans are inherently more violent, dangerous, crazed, lunatics than are found around the rest of the world?

Watching the progressive left since November of last year, I would have to say that we are.

 

[Aries]

In the end, Sessions is telling his subordinates that they will press for the maximum sentences offered by the law being broken.

This is the job and it is a dereliction of the job to do otherwise. This is why Obama's Justice Department was wrong.

Sessions is NOT telling the Judges how to rule, however. If you people only learned to think critically you'd see that.

If you read the article he is changing policies that does have some effect on how judges are able to rule.

I guess you must own a private prison and make billions off of taking your neighbors freedom. There is no other reason you would support this sort of mass incarceration as it is deeply damaging to our citizens and our society.

Your lame attempt at insult aside, Sessions did NOT write the mandatory sentencing structures nor is he responsible for them. Neither should he allow these mandates to affect his job or the way he does his job.

Unless you are saying that someone who has committed a serious RICO felony should instead be charged with jaywalking so that we can avoid having judges impose mandatory minimum sentences.

getting reduced charges like you just used as an example has nothing to do with minimum sentences...
Under obama DOJ was instructed to seek the minimum now they are instructed to seek max.

 

[Aries]

Mandatory min sentencing is stupid.

However, we don't incarcerate too many people. We RELEASE too many people early so instead of removing them from society and breaking that criminal chain, they are constantly being released back out into the community to commit more crime, break more lives, create more criminals.

People who commit person on person crimes should be locked up for their full sentences. And those sentences should be severe. Property crimes should also be severe.

And crazy people should be institutionalized. Cripes our cops here are killing homeless people when they try to FORCE THEM OUT OF CUSTODY. It's insane. Build nuthouses and put them in them!

we lock up far more people than any other country.
Do you think Americans are inherently more violent, dangerous, crazed, lunatics than are found around the rest of the world?

Watching the progressive left since November of last year, I would have to say that we are.

you people elected the dementia patient.

 

[Darkwind]

Mandatory min sentencing is stupid.

However, we don't incarcerate too many people. We RELEASE too many people early so instead of removing them from society and breaking that criminal chain, they are constantly being released back out into the community to commit more crime, break more lives, create more criminals.

People who commit person on person crimes should be locked up for their full sentences. And those sentences should be severe. Property crimes should also be severe.

And crazy people should be institutionalized. Cripes our cops here are killing homeless people when they try to FORCE THEM OUT OF CUSTODY. It's insane. Build nuthouses and put them in them!

we lock up far more people than any other country.
Do you think Americans are inherently more violent, dangerous, crazed, lunatics than are found around the rest of the world?

Watching the progressive left since November of last year, I would have to say that we are.

you people elected the dementia patient.

What people? You mean the American people who are not rioting?

BTW...I did not vote for Trump, but thanks for making My point. Elect someone we don't agree with and we'll turn into animals.

Is it any wonder that our jails are full?

 

[Darkwind]

In the end, Sessions is telling his subordinates that they will press for the maximum sentences offered by the law being broken.

This is the job and it is a dereliction of the job to do otherwise. This is why Obama's Justice Department was wrong.

Sessions is NOT telling the Judges how to rule, however. If you people only learned to think critically you'd see that.

If you read the article he is changing policies that does have some effect on how judges are able to rule.

I guess you must own a private prison and make billions off of taking your neighbors freedom. There is no other reason you would support this sort of mass incarceration as it is deeply damaging to our citizens and our society.

Your lame attempt at insult aside, Sessions did NOT write the mandatory sentencing structures nor is he responsible for them. Neither should he allow these mandates to affect his job or the way he does his job.

Unless you are saying that someone who has committed a serious RICO felony should instead be charged with jaywalking so that we can avoid having judges impose mandatory minimum sentences.

getting reduced charges like you just used as an example has nothing to do with minimum sentences...
Under obama DOJ was instructed to seek the minimum now they are instructed to seek max.

If you read the laws in question, you will see that they all come with a minimum and a maximum. The AG and his minions can ask for minimums all they want. They can ask for maximums all they want. It is, however, the authority of the court to hand out sentences. If they do their jobs right, the sentence will match the severity of the violation.

Either way, it is just one more example of how pathetically inept the Obama administration was in determining what their duty to the American people is.

 

[The Irish Ram]

I have to agree with the leftists loons on this one

well, sort f anyway

the job of the AG is to enforce the laws as they are written, so it is hard to fault him for doing his job

BUT - mandatory minimum sentences are stupid

we incarcerate too many people in this country

and drug laws SHOULD NOT be under the purview of the Federal Government

on the surface, I don't like reducing charges to help criminals, but this one is a little touchy

not a good move for the AG - interested to see where this goes

Sessions just said he is not a fan of mandatory. He is though, a fan of doing his job. He is not in the position of passing laws. He is in the position of upholding them.
Usually the person on drugs isn't incarcerated for doing drugs, but for crimes committed while on drugs or crimes committed in an effort to obtain drugs. And those on the receiving end of these crimes are getting sick and tired of the coddling of these criminals.
My friend's daughter and her daughter's disgusting boyfriend are druggy thieves by trade. A few years behind bars is about the only thing that is going to get her sober, and keep her alive, and yet every time she's caught, the judge has opted for some "alternative treatment" which in druggy speak means, "Yippee, who are we ripping off tonight, baby daddy?"

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Simple enough

or live in any other industrialized country in the world where they do not keep people in prison for years on minor charges.

Don't be a dumbass. The law is CRYSTAL clear. If you CHOOSE to break it don't bitch about the results.

 

[Vandalshandle]

I have to agree with the leftists loons on this one

well, sort f anyway

the job of the AG is to enforce the laws as they are written, so it is hard to fault him for doing his job

BUT - mandatory minimum sentences are stupid

we incarcerate too many people in this country

and drug laws SHOULD NOT be under the purview of the Federal Government

on the surface, I don't like reducing charges to help criminals, but this one is a little touchy

not a good move for the AG - interested to see where this goes

Sessions just said he is not a fan of mandatory. He is though, a fan of doing his job. He is not in the position of passing laws. He is in the position of upholding them.
Usually the person on drugs isn't incarcerated for doing drugs, but for crimes committed while on drugs or crimes committed in an effort to obtain drugs. And those on the receiving end of these crimes are getting sick and tired of the coddling of these criminals.
My friend's daughter and her daughter's disgusting boyfriend are druggy thieves by trade. A few years behind bars is about the only thing that is going to get her sober, and keep her alive, and yet every time she's caught, the judge has opted for some "alternative treatment" which in druggy speak means, "Yippee, who are we ripping off tonight, baby daddy?"

Right. That will cure them of their criminal behavior for sure!

"Federal Recidivism Studies
Federal Offenders and Recidivism-US Sentencing Commission-March, 2016

This report provides a broad overview of key findings from the United States Sentencing Commission’s study of recidivism of federal offenders.

The Commission studied offenders who were either released from federal prison after serving a sentence of imprisonment or placed on a term of probation in 2005.

Nearly half (49.3%) of such offenders were rearrested within eight years for either a new crime or for some other violation of the condition of their probation or release conditions.

This report discusses the Commission’s recidivism research project and provides many additional findings from that project. In the future, the Commission will release additional publications discussing specific topics concerning recidivism of federal offenders. (March 2016)

The offenders studied in this project are 25,431 federal offenders.

Key Findings

The key findings of the Commission’s study are:

Over an eight-year follow-up period, almost one-half of federal offenders released in 2005 (49.3%) were rearrested for a new crime or rearrested for a violation of supervision conditions.

Almost one-third (31.7%) of the offenders were also reconvicted, and one-quarter (24.6%) of the offenders were reincarcerated over the same study period.

Offenders released from incarceration in 2005 had a rearrest rate of 52.5 percent, while offenders released directly to a probationary sentence had a rearrest rate of 35.1 percent.

Of those offenders who recidivated, most did so within the first two years of the eight year follow-up period. The median time to rearrest was 21 months.

About one-fourth of those rearrested had an assault rearrest as their most serious charge over the study period. Other common most serious offenses were drug trafficking, larceny, and public order offenses.

A federal offender’s criminal history was closely correlated with recidivism rates. Rearrest rates range from 30.2 percent for offenders with zero total criminal history points to 80.1 percent of offenders in the highest Criminal History Category, VI. Each additional criminal history point was generally associated with a greater likelihood of recidivism.

A federal offender’s age at time of release into the community was also closely associated with differences in recidivism rates. Offenders released prior to age 21 had the highest rearrest rate, 67.6 percent, while offenders over sixty years old at the time of release had a recidivism rate of 16.0 percent with the exception of very short sentences (less than 6 months),

The rate of recidivism varies very little by length of prison sentence imposed (fluctuating between 50.8% for sentences between 6 months to 2 years, to a high of 55.5% for sentences between 5 to 9 years).

Other factors, including offense type and educational level, were associated with differing rates of recidivism but less so than age and criminal history.

Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration

 

[Aries]

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

Simple enough

or live in any other industrialized country in the world where they do not keep people in prison for years on minor charges.

Don't be a dumbass. The law is CRYSTAL clear. If you CHOOSE to break it don't bitch about the results.

Breaking laws deserves consequences. No argument there. I would argue our punishments do not fit the crime. Only damaging our society in the long run.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

"The move is a reversal of ex-President Barack Obama's policy to reduce jail time for low-level drug crimes.

It means we are going to meet our responsibility to enforce the law with judgment and fairness," Mr Sessions said on Friday. "It is simply the right and moral thing to do."

Mr Sessions' predecessor, Eric Holder, had instructed prosecutors in 2013 to avoid pursuing the maximum punishment for criminals in cases such as minor drug offences, which would have triggered mandatory minimum sentencing.

The 2013 policy also encouraged prosecutors to omit details about drug quantities in cases of non-violent offenders with no previous charges or ties to gangs or cartels to avoid harsher punishments.
Mandatory minimum sentences laws, which were passed in the 1980s and 1990s as part of the US "war on drugs", prevent judges from applying discretion when sentencing certain drug offences and are instead determined by the quantity of drugs involved in the crime.
Mr Obama had sought to ease mandatory minimum sentences to reduce jail time for low-level drug crimes and help relieve overcrowded prisons in the US as part of criminal justice reform."

US law boss Sessions orders harsher criminal sentencing - BBC News





"The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs — that would rarely produce prison sentences in other countries. And in particular they are kept incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other nations.

Criminologists and legal scholars in other industrialized nations say they are mystified and appalled by the number and length of American prison sentences.

The United States has, for instance, 2.3 million criminals behind bars,
China, which is four times more populous than the United States, is a distant second, with 1.6 million people in prison


If you count only adults, one in 100 Americans is locked up
The only other major industrialized nation that even comes close is Russia, with 627 prisoners for every 100,000 people.
The others have much lower rates. England's rate is 151; Germany's is 88; and Japan's is 63.
(The median among all nations is about 125, roughly a sixth of the American rate)


Criminologists and legal experts here and abroad point to a tangle of factors to explain America's extraordinary incarceration rate: higher levels of violent crime, harsher sentencing laws, a legacy of racial turmoil, a special fervor in combating illegal drugs, the American temperament, and the lack of a social safety net. Even democracy plays a role, as judges — many of whom are elected, another American anomaly — yield to populist demands for tough justice.
Whatever the reason, the gap between American justice and that of the rest of the world is enormous and growing.


The spike in American incarceration rates is quite recent. From 1925 to 1975, the rate remained stable, around 110 people in prison per 100,000 people. It shot up with the movement to get tough on crime in the late 1970s.


People who commit nonviolent crimes in the rest of the world are less likely to receive prison time and certainly less likely to receive long sentences. The United States is, for instance, the only advanced country that incarcerates people for minor property crimes like passing bad checks, Whitman wrote.

In 1980, there were about 40,000 people in American jails and prisons for drug crimes. These days, there are almost 500,000.
"The U.S. pursues the war on drugs with an ignorant fanaticism," said Stern of King's College.

Still, it is the length of sentences that truly distinguishes American prison policy.
Burglars in the United States serve an average of 16 months in prison, according to Mauer, compared with 5 months in Canada and 7 months in England."
U.S. prison population dwarfs that of other nations

Why do you lie so much?
Says here Sessions is going after dealers not users.
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy

 

[Aries]

"The move is a reversal of ex-President Barack Obama's policy to reduce jail time for low-level drug crimes.

It means we are going to meet our responsibility to enforce the law with judgment and fairness," Mr Sessions said on Friday. "It is simply the right and moral thing to do."

Mr Sessions' predecessor, Eric Holder, had instructed prosecutors in 2013 to avoid pursuing the maximum punishment for criminals in cases such as minor drug offences, which would have triggered mandatory minimum sentencing.

The 2013 policy also encouraged prosecutors to omit details about drug quantities in cases of non-violent offenders with no previous charges or ties to gangs or cartels to avoid harsher punishments.
Mandatory minimum sentences laws, which were passed in the 1980s and 1990s as part of the US "war on drugs", prevent judges from applying discretion when sentencing certain drug offences and are instead determined by the quantity of drugs involved in the crime.
Mr Obama had sought to ease mandatory minimum sentences to reduce jail time for low-level drug crimes and help relieve overcrowded prisons in the US as part of criminal justice reform."

US law boss Sessions orders harsher criminal sentencing - BBC News





"The United States has less than 5 percent of the world's population. But it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners.

Americans are locked up for crimes — from writing bad checks to using drugs — that would rarely produce prison sentences in other countries. And in particular they are kept incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other nations.

Criminologists and legal scholars in other industrialized nations say they are mystified and appalled by the number and length of American prison sentences.

The United States has, for instance, 2.3 million criminals behind bars,
China, which is four times more populous than the United States, is a distant second, with 1.6 million people in prison


If you count only adults, one in 100 Americans is locked up
The only other major industrialized nation that even comes close is Russia, with 627 prisoners for every 100,000 people.
The others have much lower rates. England's rate is 151; Germany's is 88; and Japan's is 63.
(The median among all nations is about 125, roughly a sixth of the American rate)


Criminologists and legal experts here and abroad point to a tangle of factors to explain America's extraordinary incarceration rate: higher levels of violent crime, harsher sentencing laws, a legacy of racial turmoil, a special fervor in combating illegal drugs, the American temperament, and the lack of a social safety net. Even democracy plays a role, as judges — many of whom are elected, another American anomaly — yield to populist demands for tough justice.
Whatever the reason, the gap between American justice and that of the rest of the world is enormous and growing.


The spike in American incarceration rates is quite recent. From 1925 to 1975, the rate remained stable, around 110 people in prison per 100,000 people. It shot up with the movement to get tough on crime in the late 1970s.


People who commit nonviolent crimes in the rest of the world are less likely to receive prison time and certainly less likely to receive long sentences. The United States is, for instance, the only advanced country that incarcerates people for minor property crimes like passing bad checks, Whitman wrote.

In 1980, there were about 40,000 people in American jails and prisons for drug crimes. These days, there are almost 500,000.
"The U.S. pursues the war on drugs with an ignorant fanaticism," said Stern of King's College.

Still, it is the length of sentences that truly distinguishes American prison policy.
Burglars in the United States serve an average of 16 months in prison, according to Mauer, compared with 5 months in Canada and 7 months in England."
U.S. prison population dwarfs that of other nations

Why do you lie so much?
Says here Sessions is going after dealers not users.
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy

Please quote my "lie"
As I just did yours

 

[The Irish Ram]

I have to agree with the leftists loons on this one

well, sort f anyway

the job of the AG is to enforce the laws as they are written, so it is hard to fault him for doing his job

BUT - mandatory minimum sentences are stupid

we incarcerate too many people in this country

and drug laws SHOULD NOT be under the purview of the Federal Government

on the surface, I don't like reducing charges to help criminals, but this one is a little touchy

not a good move for the AG - interested to see where this goes

Sessions just said he is not a fan of mandatory. He is though, a fan of doing his job. He is not in the position of passing laws. He is in the position of upholding them.
Usually the person on drugs isn't incarcerated for doing drugs, but for crimes committed while on drugs or crimes committed in an effort to obtain drugs. And those on the receiving end of these crimes are getting sick and tired of the coddling of these criminals.
My friend's daughter and her daughter's disgusting boyfriend are druggy thieves by trade. A few years behind bars is about the only thing that is going to get her sober, and keep her alive, and yet every time she's caught, the judge has opted for some "alternative treatment" which in druggy speak means, "Yippee, who are we ripping off tonight, baby daddy?"

Right. That will cure them of their criminal behavior for sure!

"Federal Recidivism Studies
Federal Offenders and Recidivism-US Sentencing Commission-March, 2016

This report provides a broad overview of key findings from the United States Sentencing Commission’s study of recidivism of federal offenders.

The Commission studied offenders who were either released from federal prison after serving a sentence of imprisonment or placed on a term of probation in 2005.

Nearly half (49.3%) of such offenders were rearrested within eight years for either a new crime or for some other violation of the condition of their probation or release conditions.

This report discusses the Commission’s recidivism research project and provides many additional findings from that project. In the future, the Commission will release additional publications discussing specific topics concerning recidivism of federal offenders. (March 2016)

The offenders studied in this project are 25,431 federal offenders.

Key Findings

The key findings of the Commission’s study are:

Over an eight-year follow-up period, almost one-half of federal offenders released in 2005 (49.3%) were rearrested for a new crime or rearrested for a violation of supervision conditions.

Almost one-third (31.7%) of the offenders were also reconvicted, and one-quarter (24.6%) of the offenders were reincarcerated over the same study period.

Offenders released from incarceration in 2005 had a rearrest rate of 52.5 percent, while offenders released directly to a probationary sentence had a rearrest rate of 35.1 percent.

Of those offenders who recidivated, most did so within the first two years of the eight year follow-up period. The median time to rearrest was 21 months.

About one-fourth of those rearrested had an assault rearrest as their most serious charge over the study period. Other common most serious offenses were drug trafficking, larceny, and public order offenses.

A federal offender’s criminal history was closely correlated with recidivism rates. Rearrest rates range from 30.2 percent for offenders with zero total criminal history points to 80.1 percent of offenders in the highest Criminal History Category, VI. Each additional criminal history point was generally associated with a greater likelihood of recidivism.

A federal offender’s age at time of release into the community was also closely associated with differences in recidivism rates. Offenders released prior to age 21 had the highest rearrest rate, 67.6 percent, while offenders over sixty years old at the time of release had a recidivism rate of 16.0 percent with the exception of very short sentences (less than 6 months),

The rate of recidivism varies very little by length of prison sentence imposed (fluctuating between 50.8% for sentences between 6 months to 2 years, to a high of 55.5% for sentences between 5 to 9 years).

Other factors, including offense type and educational level, were associated with differing rates of recidivism but less so than age and criminal history.

Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration

So what do you suggest? Hugs and coloring books? Because druggy classes simply do not work. Shall we let them help themselves to our belongings, and our cash registers because incarceration is too hard on them?
Bullshit. If my friend's daughter goes to prison after one of her heists, it isn't to benefit her, it is to protect us. A three year sentence means 3 years that a business will be able to keep it's profits, and her mother can sleep soundly again without fear of that 2am. phone call.
If the little thief gets out in three years and robs someone again, then 3 years wasn't long enough. Make it 6 years next time. She is a thief first and a druggy after that. Thieves belong jail regardless of their sobriety or pill popping preference...

 

[Aries]

I have to agree with the leftists loons on this one

well, sort f anyway

the job of the AG is to enforce the laws as they are written, so it is hard to fault him for doing his job

BUT - mandatory minimum sentences are stupid

we incarcerate too many people in this country

and drug laws SHOULD NOT be under the purview of the Federal Government

on the surface, I don't like reducing charges to help criminals, but this one is a little touchy

not a good move for the AG - interested to see where this goes

Sessions just said he is not a fan of mandatory. He is though, a fan of doing his job. He is not in the position of passing laws. He is in the position of upholding them.
Usually the person on drugs isn't incarcerated for doing drugs, but for crimes committed while on drugs or crimes committed in an effort to obtain drugs. And those on the receiving end of these crimes are getting sick and tired of the coddling of these criminals.
My friend's daughter and her daughter's disgusting boyfriend are druggy thieves by trade. A few years behind bars is about the only thing that is going to get her sober, and keep her alive, and yet every time she's caught, the judge has opted for some "alternative treatment" which in druggy speak means, "Yippee, who are we ripping off tonight, baby daddy?"

Right. That will cure them of their criminal behavior for sure!

"Federal Recidivism Studies
Federal Offenders and Recidivism-US Sentencing Commission-March, 2016

This report provides a broad overview of key findings from the United States Sentencing Commission’s study of recidivism of federal offenders.

The Commission studied offenders who were either released from federal prison after serving a sentence of imprisonment or placed on a term of probation in 2005.

Nearly half (49.3%) of such offenders were rearrested within eight years for either a new crime or for some other violation of the condition of their probation or release conditions.

This report discusses the Commission’s recidivism research project and provides many additional findings from that project. In the future, the Commission will release additional publications discussing specific topics concerning recidivism of federal offenders. (March 2016)

The offenders studied in this project are 25,431 federal offenders.

Key Findings

The key findings of the Commission’s study are:

Over an eight-year follow-up period, almost one-half of federal offenders released in 2005 (49.3%) were rearrested for a new crime or rearrested for a violation of supervision conditions.

Almost one-third (31.7%) of the offenders were also reconvicted, and one-quarter (24.6%) of the offenders were reincarcerated over the same study period.

Offenders released from incarceration in 2005 had a rearrest rate of 52.5 percent, while offenders released directly to a probationary sentence had a rearrest rate of 35.1 percent.

Of those offenders who recidivated, most did so within the first two years of the eight year follow-up period. The median time to rearrest was 21 months.

About one-fourth of those rearrested had an assault rearrest as their most serious charge over the study period. Other common most serious offenses were drug trafficking, larceny, and public order offenses.

A federal offender’s criminal history was closely correlated with recidivism rates. Rearrest rates range from 30.2 percent for offenders with zero total criminal history points to 80.1 percent of offenders in the highest Criminal History Category, VI. Each additional criminal history point was generally associated with a greater likelihood of recidivism.

A federal offender’s age at time of release into the community was also closely associated with differences in recidivism rates. Offenders released prior to age 21 had the highest rearrest rate, 67.6 percent, while offenders over sixty years old at the time of release had a recidivism rate of 16.0 percent with the exception of very short sentences (less than 6 months),

The rate of recidivism varies very little by length of prison sentence imposed (fluctuating between 50.8% for sentences between 6 months to 2 years, to a high of 55.5% for sentences between 5 to 9 years).

Other factors, including offense type and educational level, were associated with differing rates of recidivism but less so than age and criminal history.

Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration

So what do you suggest? Hugs and coloring books? Because druggy classes simply do not work. Shall we let them help themselves to our belongings, our cash registers because incarceration is too hard on them?
Bullshit. If my friend's daughter goes to prison after one of her heists, it isn't to benefit her, it is to protect us.
A three year sentence means 3 years that a business will be able to keep it's profits, and her mother can sleep for 3 years without fear of that 3am. phone call.
If she gets out in three years and robs someone again, then 3 years wasn't long enough. Make it 6 years next time.

You think jail is a safe place lol? The longer she is there the higher the chance of her being hurt or killed by other inmates.
I suggest we get rid of private prisons- no one should be profiting off their neighbors loss of freedom. Break a law go to a gov prison.
I suggest we review sentence durations. Our punishments don't fit the crime.
I suggest we get rid of minimum sentences and trust our judges to use their best judgement.
I suggest we look at programs prisoners transition to after their sentence- are we just dropping excons back into the same situation that lead then to crime or are we preparing them to be contributing members of society?
I also would like to see much more attention on the discrepancies of arrests and sentencing among the races.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Said sessions "let them eat cake".

The US is in the grip of a group of mental midgets.

 

[LaDexter]

Sometimes the LAW is just FLAT OUT WRONG because it was made under false pretenses and cooked up by Government GREED.

Such is the truth of the marijuana laws and the greedy kleptocrat in charge of the doomed Prohibition bureaucracy who pushed the propaganda (Reefer Madness etc.) to keep his taxpayer funded job and power.