Attorney General Jeff Sessions considering return to harsh punishments for low-level drug offend
Fill the prisons is Sessions motto--those private prisons!!
Attorney General Jeff Sessions considering return to harsh punishments for low-level drug offenders
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Jeff Sessions has long advocated against Obama's "Smart on Crime" initiative. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
BY Jessica Schladebeck
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 3:56 PM
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviewing a policy that reduces harsh prison sentences for first-time and nonviolent drug offenders put in place by the Obama administration, officials said.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, sources told the Washington Post that Sessions is considering having prosecutors charge people with offenses most likely to trigger severe mandatory minimum sentences regardless of whether theyre low-level or first time offenders.
The source added that Sessions could also authorize prosecutors to make enhancements, which would allow for even longer prison sentences.................
..........As the Attorney General has consistently said, we are reviewing all Department of Justice policies to focus on keeping Americans safe and will be issuing further guidance and support to our prosecutors in executing this priority including an updated memorandum on charging for all criminal cases, Ian Prior, a department spokesman, said in a statement to the Post.................
Zoonart
(11,887 posts)I think Jeffy has dug himself a hole that he may not get out of.
riversedge
(70,350 posts)midst of the firing of Comey even though he recused himself.
Tanuki
(14,924 posts)(Note that last year Sally Yates ordered a phasing out of private prisons. That's probably another reason Trump et al wanted her out of office).
https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2017/02/27/follow-money-former-sessions-aides-lobbyists-private-prisons-group/
"February 24, 2017; The Nation
For activists working on reducing mass incarceration as a cornerstone of criminal justice reform, the future looks more than a little daunting.
On Friday, NPQ wrote about the new memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions that brought private prisons back into play on the federal level. We pointed out that stocks for private prisons plummeted when then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates ordered they be phased out last year. We reminded you that the day after Trumps election, those stocks soared. Now, we read in The Nation that in October, just before the election, two of Sessions former Senate aides, David Stewart and Ryan Robichaux, became lobbyists for GEO Group, one of the two largest private prison companies, and that the two were specifically engaged to lobby on government contracting.
The private prison industry has a big investment in the future of mass incarceration. Even more infuriating, much of that in the short term may be tied to immigration enforcement policies. With respect to detention services, said GEO Group CEO George Zoley on a recent call with investors, we would continue to be the largest provider of detention services to the three largest government agenciesthat is, ICE, the Bureau of Prisons, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
David Dayen, writing for The Nation, said:
Its not just that the Sessions memo is good news for the private-prison industry in general. Its good for GEO Group in particular. Thats precisely the type of crony capitalism and picking of winners and losers that conservatives have paid lip service to wanting to prevent for years. In Trumps America, success is just one well-chosen lobbyist away."
flotsam
(3,268 posts)that if I get 20 years for holding an ounce, and if he is then jailed for,oh say, treason...that I or someone in a like situation might show a special interest in the fresh fish???