Sensenbrenner, Scott Host Briefing with Prosecutors, Police, and Public Safety Professionals on SAFE Justice Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and Bobby Scott (D-VA) will host a briefing tomorrow with prosecutors, police and public safety professionals on why prison and sentencing reform will make our communities safer. Details below.
WHO: | Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Chairman, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security & Investigations, House Judiciary Committee |
WHAT: | Briefing with prosecutors, police and public safety professionals on why the SAFE Justice Act and its prison and sentencing reforms will make our communities safer. |
WHERE: | Member's Room |
WHEN: | Thursday, September 10, 2015 |
H.R. 2944, the Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Effective (SAFE) Justice Act was introduced earlier this summer by Representatives Sensenbrenner and Scott. The SAFE Justice Act takes a broad-based approach to improving the federal sentencing and corrections system, from front-end sentencing reform to back-end release policies. It is also the first bill that addresses the federal supervision system – ensuring that probation does a better job stopping the revolving door at federal prisons. The legislation, which is inspired by the successes of states across the country, will reduce recidivism, concentrate prison space on violent and career criminals, increase the use of evidence-based alternatives to incarceration, curtail over-criminalization, reduce crime, and save money.
In the months since its introduction, the SAFE Justice Act has garnered 40 bipartisan cosponsors, evenly split between Democrats and Republicans. The bill has also attracted endorsements from groups across the political spectrum, including the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union, Right on Crime, Koch Industries, Freedom Works, the American Legislative Exchange Council, the Police Foundation, the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
For more information about the SAFE Justice Act, please visit: /safejusticeact.
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