The presidential contender is introducing a bill that also pushes for federal inmates over age 50 to be considered for release.
Sen. Cory Booker , who’s running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, wants federal prisoners who have spent over a decade behind bars to get a shot at having their sentences reduced or being released.
Judges would take into consideration whether the prisoner demonstrated they were ready to reenter society and not be a danger to the safety of the community, per a news release from Booker’s team. There are significant racial disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, including in sentencing. While black people make up only about 13% of the total population, about 38% of federal prisoners are black. And a 2017 report from the U.S. Sentencing Commission ― an independent agency of the U.S. judicial branch ― found that over the previous five years, black male offenders received sentences on average 19% longer than those of “similarly situated” white male offenders.
John Pfaff, a professor at Fordham law school and expert in incarceration and sentencing for over 20 years, called the bill “positive” and an “important step” toward addressing mass incarceration. The new legislation builds on Booker’s previous efforts toward criminal justice reform, including authoring the First Step Act that passed last year and aims to cut the federal prison population by allowing prisoners a chance to earn more days off each year for good behavior.
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