Signed bipartisan criminal-justice reform reducing some mandatory minimums, expanding earned time credits, and making the 2010 Fair Sentencing Act retroactive.
How it happened
Passed Congress with broad bipartisan majorities and signed December 21, 2018.
Documented impact
Positive impactsubstantiated
Thousands of prisoners released or resentenced, with lower recidivism.
In year one, >3,000 were released via recalculated good-time credits and >2,000 benefited from retroactive sentencing; the Council on Criminal Justice found recidivism 37% lower among those released under the Act.
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