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Trump makes April First Step Act Month, aiming to boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts

By Frank Miles | Fox News

President Trump announces the Second Step Act to aid Americans with criminal records reenter society successfully

President Trump designated April as First Step Act Month, which includes cutting prison sentences for thousands of federal inmates, at a ceremony Monday.

"We’re a nation that believes in redemption," the president said, noting Americans with criminal backgrounds are unemployed at rates up to five times the national average, which stood at 3.8 percent in February.

"You're gonna have an incredible future," he added to the former inmates.

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Trump said he wanted to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts helping federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.

He said a “Second Step Act” will focus on “successful re-entry and reduced unemployment for Americans with past criminal records.” His goal is to cut that unemployment rate for ex-prisoners to single digits within five years. The White House said Trump’s budget proposed over $500 million to help prisoners succeed after they're released.

Trump scored a win that eluded his predecessor, Barack Obama, in reducing long mandatory minimum sentences and other guidelines that for decades were blamed for disparate treatment of Americans of color, such as punishing crack cocaine violations with imprisonment 18 times longer than for powder cocaine.

The act also expands job training programs to reduce recidivism, increases “good time credits” earned by inmates and relaxes the “three strikes” rule to allow judges to sentence repeat offenders to 25 years instead of mandatory life behind bars.

The president helped exert pressure on Senate Republicans to get the bill moving, and his son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, spearheaded the effort in the face of some conservative resistance.

In December, the House overwhelmingly approved the criminal justice bill on a 358-36 vote, after the Senate passed it 87-12.

Trump concluded at the ceremony, “In less than four months more than 500 people with unfair sentences have been released from prison and are free to begin a new life.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
 
MARIS61 said:
Trump makes April First Step Act Month, aiming to boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts

By Frank Miles | Fox News

President Trump announces the Second Step Act to aid Americans with criminal records reenter society successfully

President Trump designated April as First Step Act Month, which includes cutting prison sentences for thousands of federal inmates, at a ceremony Monday.

"We’re a nation that believes in redemption," the president said, noting Americans with criminal backgrounds are unemployed at rates up to five times the national average, which stood at 3.8 percent in February.

"You're gonna have an incredible future," he added to the former inmates.

Video
Trump said he wanted to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts helping federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.

He said a “Second Step Act” will focus on “successful re-entry and reduced unemployment for Americans with past criminal records.” His goal is to cut that unemployment rate for ex-prisoners to single digits within five years. The White House said Trump’s budget proposed over $500 million to help prisoners succeed after they're released.

Trump scored a win that eluded his predecessor, Barack Obama, in reducing long mandatory minimum sentences and other guidelines that for decades were blamed for disparate treatment of Americans of color, such as punishing crack cocaine violations with imprisonment 18 times longer than for powder cocaine.

The act also expands job training programs to reduce recidivism, increases “good time credits” earned by inmates and relaxes the “three strikes” rule to allow judges to sentence repeat offenders to 25 years instead of mandatory life behind bars.

The president helped exert pressure on Senate Republicans to get the bill moving, and his son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, spearheaded the effort in the face of some conservative resistance.

In December, the House overwhelmingly approved the criminal justice bill on a 358-36 vote, after the Senate passed it 87-12.

Trump concluded at the ceremony, “In less than four months more than 500 people with unfair sentences have been released from prison and are free to begin a new life.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Well memories are short.
@Lanny , @Chris Craig, & @riverman can only remember to grab um by the ....
 
MARIS61 said:
Trump makes April First Step Act Month, aiming to boost prisoner rehabilitation efforts

By Frank Miles | Fox News

President Trump announces the Second Step Act to aid Americans with criminal records reenter society successfully

President Trump designated April as First Step Act Month, which includes cutting prison sentences for thousands of federal inmates, at a ceremony Monday.

"We’re a nation that believes in redemption," the president said, noting Americans with criminal backgrounds are unemployed at rates up to five times the national average, which stood at 3.8 percent in February.

"You're gonna have an incredible future," he added to the former inmates.

Video
Trump said he wanted to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts helping federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.

He said a “Second Step Act” will focus on “successful re-entry and reduced unemployment for Americans with past criminal records.” His goal is to cut that unemployment rate for ex-prisoners to single digits within five years. The White House said Trump’s budget proposed over $500 million to help prisoners succeed after they're released.

Trump scored a win that eluded his predecessor, Barack Obama, in reducing long mandatory minimum sentences and other guidelines that for decades were blamed for disparate treatment of Americans of color, such as punishing crack cocaine violations with imprisonment 18 times longer than for powder cocaine.

The act also expands job training programs to reduce recidivism, increases “good time credits” earned by inmates and relaxes the “three strikes” rule to allow judges to sentence repeat offenders to 25 years instead of mandatory life behind bars.

The president helped exert pressure on Senate Republicans to get the bill moving, and his son-in-law and top adviser, Jared Kushner, spearheaded the effort in the face of some conservative resistance.

In December, the House overwhelmingly approved the criminal justice bill on a 358-36 vote, after the Senate passed it 87-12.

Trump concluded at the ceremony, “In less than four months more than 500 people with unfair sentences have been released from prison and are free to begin a new life.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I think this is fantastic but don't you think Trump will be a little old to get a job when he gets out of prison?
 
I sort of wonder what the purpose of Prison is?

If it doesn't work after three time, why do we do it?
It seem now we just are going to let them go.
 
stampedehero said:
Reading that made me puke. Trump could propose immediate prisoner extraction and drop off in a "shit" country. We know, once in prison, the inmate is subjected to gang life or individual torment.

I have a more cost effective proposal: If a nut shoots a group of people or a person and survives police brutality, he is taken out over the cold ocean by helicopter and dropped. The mileage and height of drop are calculated by the serious nature of the crime. Also, the victims' family can wait on the shore line to "welcome" the fool or his shark ripped carcus.

>Trump is an adjective freak.
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A little harsh, don't ya think.
 
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Former Supervisor at Louisiana Correctional Facility Sentenced for Role in Conspiracy to Violate Civil Rights of Inmates
A former captain at the Richwood Correctional Center was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Monroe, Louisiana, for his role in a conspiracy to violate the civil rights of five inmates. Roderick Douglas, 38, of Monroe, Louisiana, previously pleaded guilty to conspiring with five other corrections officers to violate the Constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. According to the defendant’s plea agreement and admission in court, Douglas and other officers sprayed a chemical agent directly in the faces and eyes of five inmates while the inmates were handcuffed, compliant, kneeling on the floor, and not posing a physical threat to anyone. Following that abuse, the officers conspired to hide their conduct by submitting false reports.

Douglas was sentenced to serve 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana. Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana David C. Joseph made the announcement.

“This blatant abuse of power will not be tolerated by the Department of Justice,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband. “Today’s sentencing demonstrates the commitment of the Civil Rights Division to vigorously prosecute those who inflict cruel and unusual punishment against inmates under their care.”

“Correctional officers deserve our respect for the jobs they do, but we must also hold them accountable when they willfully break the law and cover up the abuse of inmates,” said U.S. Attorney David C. Joseph. “The defendant in this case ignored his role as a caretaker for prisoners and violated the rights of those he was sworn to protect. My office is committed to upholding the laws of our land and the rights of all.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Mudrick of the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Western District of Louisiana, and Trial Attorney Anita Channapati of the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section, prosecuted the case. The Monroe Division of the FBI investigated the case.
 
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 6, 2019
Aryan Brotherhood Members and Associates Charged with Racketeering for Directing Murders and Other Violent Crimes from Inside California Prisons
Sixteen members and associates of a prison-based gang have been charged after a long-running investigation into drug trafficking and murders inside and outside of California’s prisons.

Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern District of California and Special Agent in Charge Chris Nielsen of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) made the announcement.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed today, nine defendants have been arrested on federal racketeering and other charges for extensive, organized criminal activity from within California’s most secure prisons. The allegations include murders, drug trafficking and other violent crimes. The complaint charges California State Prison inmates Ronald Yandell, 56; Daniel “Danny” Troxell, 66; William Sylvester, 51; Travis Burhop, 46; Brant Daniel, 44; Donald Mazza, 48, Pat Brady, 48; Michael Torres, 55; and Jason Corbett, 47. At the outset of this investigation, Yandell, Troxell, Sylvester, Burhop, Torres and Corbett were all serving life sentences for murder.

Five other individuals were also arrested as part of the investigation: Samuel Keeton, 40, of Menifee; Jeanna Quesenberry, 52, of Sacramento; Kevin MacNamara, 39, of La Palma; Kristen Demar, 44, of Citrus Heights; and Justin Petty, 37, of Los Angeles. Warrants have been issued for the arrests of Kathleen Nolan 64, of Calimesa, and Matthew Hall, 50, of Manhattan Beach.

According to court documents, between 2011 and 2016, Aryan Brotherhood (AB) members and associates engaged in racketeering activity, committing multiple acts involving murder and drug trafficking offenses. Yandell and Sylvester oversaw a significant heroin and methamphetamine trafficking operation from their shared cell. They used smuggled-in cellphones to direct their drug trafficking activity from their cell to the streets of Sacramento and other California cities. Using a contraband cellphone, Yandell and Sylvester communicated with AB members and associates to direct drug trafficking activities, membership in the AB, order murders, and oversee other criminal activities.

The complaint alleges that the AB members murdered five other inmates as part of their gang activities and conspired to murder several others. The complaint alleges that, on Oct. 7, 2011, Sylvester murdered an inmate at Folsom State Prison and, on Aug. 12, 2015, AB associates carried out an order to murder a rival prison gang member at Folsom State Prison.

In addition, the complaint alleges that on Oct. 15, 2016, on Corbett’s order an AB associate murdered an inmate at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, AB member Daniel killed an inmate at Salinas Valley prison on Oct. 29, 2016, and that AB members Corbett and Brady murdered an inmate on July 20, 2018, at High Desert State Prison as part of their role in the gang. The complaint further describes multiple other murder plots.

The complaint details the drug trafficking activities of the AB. Members and associates oversaw an extensive drug-trafficking network that operated on the streets of Sacramento, Southern California, Missouri, Las Vegas and elsewhere. On Aug. 11, 2016, MacNamara, a lawyer, and Demar, posing as a paralegal, visited Sylvester in Folsom State Prison in order to smuggle methamphetamine, cellphones and tobacco. When the contraband was discovered, Sylvester, using a cellphone, advised Demar to blame their contraband smuggling on the AB in order to get out of trouble.

According to the complaint, Petty sent heroin, methamphetamine, cellphones and other items concealed in food packages to AB members at Folsom State Prison and High Desert State Prison. In addition, the investigation uncovered a drug trafficking partnership between AB members Yandell and Burhop with Torres a Mexican Mafia member.

The charges are only allegations; the defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case is the product of an investigation by the DEA with substantial investigative assistance from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Vallejo Police Department, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office and the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office.

This case was part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF). The OCDETF program was established in 1982 to conduct comprehensive, multilevel attacks on major drug trafficking and money laundering organizations. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking and money laundering organizations and those primarily responsible for the nation’s drug supply.
 
Bikers from the bay area that bought property near mine in the Sierras would commit a minor crime every late fall and go to jail for 6 months...pump iron, get dental care...few new tats...out in the spring in riding weather.....it was fun for them to winter there and not have to deal with a woodstove and keeping warm in the cold..worst neighbors I ever had....sold out and moved not long after they showed up...went to Hawaii..ended up making the better choice
 
For the most part our prison system is a ridiculous approach to dealing with criminals..in my view they should be doing all the hard labor and then at the end of the day they'll be too tired to fight each other. People looking for trouble probably have too much time on their hands
 
riverman said:
For the most part our prison system is a ridiculous approach to dealing with criminals..in my view they should be doing all the hard labor and then at the end of the day they'll be too tired to fight each other. People looking for trouble probably have too much time on their hands
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Here's an ex con, perhaps one of the Trump supporters, applying for a job:
"Do you have any work experience?" "Yeah, making little rocks out of big rocks."
 
CupWizier said:
^^^^
Suffers from T D O :biglaugh:
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Never heard that one.

Honest question. Do you really think you need the emoji at the end of so many comments?

I work with a guy. He is the glass guy that comes to my shop. He laughs like a complete fool after everything he says that he means as a joke.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA after EVERYTHING.

He's a complete moron and he isnt half as funny as he thinks. You can hear him from the next building. My boss tells everyone not to talk to him.

:hcp:
 
Lanny said:
What do you mean? Some of these guys are already in prison. What more proof do you need?
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There's not much more that can be said about this subject. People who criticize Trump at every turn for any reason may have at one point possessed critical thinking skills but TDS has wiped that section of the brain clean.

Here's the latest example. I would think the author may need to be taken in for a mental health evaluation but after reading the comments it is pretty clear that the movie Idiocracy has become a documentary.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-attack...essageId=c5965af7-110f-4d18-99ec-485fa36d92a5
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
There's not much more that can be said about this subject. People who criticize Trump at every turn for any reason may have at one point possessed critical thinking skills but TDS has wiped that section of the brain clean.

Here's the latest example. I would think the author may need to be taken in for a mental health evaluation but after reading the comments it is pretty clear that the movie Idiocracy has become a documentary.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-attack...essageId=c5965af7-110f-4d18-99ec-485fa36d92a5
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Trump is a stable genius.
Had more people attended Trump University they would have known this to be true
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
There's not much more that can be said about this subject. People who criticize Trump at every turn for any reason may have at one point possessed critical thinking skills but TDS has wiped that section of the brain clean.

Here's the latest example. I would think the author may need to be taken in for a mental health evaluation but after reading the comments it is pretty clear that the movie Idiocracy has become a documentary.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-attack...essageId=c5965af7-110f-4d18-99ec-485fa36d92a5
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Or maybe you are just a little too sensitive to criticism of your anti-hero.

He said something stupid. People, especially presidents, get picked on when they say something stupid.

It doesn't bother him, he likes the attention. Why does it bother you?

barfo
 
Lanny said:
Trump is a stable genius.
Had more people attended Trump University they would have known this to be true
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barfo said:
Or maybe you are just a little too sensitive to criticism of your anti-hero.

He said something stupid. People, especially presidents, get picked on when they say something stupid.

It doesn't bother him, he likes the attention. Why does it bother you?

barfo
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Sorry guys, you can't sell this take. Give it up before you're kicked out of the Bluebirds.
 
MarAzul said:
Sorry guys, you can't sell this take. Give it up before you're kicked out of the Bluebirds.
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Good thing we are all very old, or we wouldn't understand the reference to Bluebirds.

barfo
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
There's not much more that can be said about this subject. People who criticize Trump at every turn for any reason may have at one point possessed critical thinking skills but TDS has wiped that section of the brain clean.

Here's the latest example. I would think the author may need to be taken in for a mental health evaluation but after reading the comments it is pretty clear that the movie Idiocracy has become a documentary.

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-attack...essageId=c5965af7-110f-4d18-99ec-485fa36d92a5
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What about people who criticize Trump at every illegal turn he makes? Do you think they have wiped their brains clean because they should accept illegality from their President? Perhaps it's you that has had your brain wiped clean.
 
Lanny said:
What about people who criticize Trump at every illegal turn he makes? Do you think they have wiped their brains clean because they should accept illegality from their President? Perhaps it's you that has had your brain wiped clean.
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You're making a big assumption he has one. :cheers:
 
bodyman5000 and 1 said:
Never heard that one.

Honest question. Do you really think you need the emoji at the end of so many comments?

I work with a guy. He is the glass guy that comes to my shop. He laughs like a complete fool after everything he says that he means as a joke.


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA after EVERYTHING.

He's a complete moron and he isnt half as funny as he thinks. You can hear him from the next building. My boss tells everyone not to talk to him.

:hcp:
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Honest answer: Do you think I care what you think? I don't. It obviously bothers you so that alone makes it worthwhile. As for your best friend at work, it's not polite to talk behind their back.
 
CupWizier said:
It's an obvious rivalry reference as marzy was likely a Brownie.
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Hey, easy there, big guy. I was once a cub scout, then a boy scout and then an Army soldier.
 
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