Is this the plan for stopping the heroin epidemic and surge in drug related violent crime? The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners. The inmates from federal prisons nationwide will be set free by the department’s Bureau of Prisons between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. The change in sentencing guidelines eventually could result in 46,000 of the nation’s approximately 100,000 drug offenders in federal prison qualifying
Is this the plan for stopping the heroin epidemic and surge in drug related violent crime? The Justice Department is set to release about 6,000 inmates early from prison — the largest one-time release of federal prisoners. The inmates from federal prisons nationwide will be set free by the department’s Bureau of Prisons between Oct. 30 and Nov. 2. The change in sentencing guidelines eventually could result in 46,000 of the nation’s approximately 100,000 drug offenders in federal prison qualifying