DOJ aims to release 6,000 nonviolent drug offenders

Name: DOJ aims to release 6,000 nonviolent drug offenders
Uploaded: 2015-10-07T00:42:34Z
Duration: P317S
Description: The Justice Department announced a plan for the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Maurice Chammah of The Marshall Project about the decision to set free some 6,000 inmates, part of a broader push to provide relief to individuals hit with harsh sentences and to reduce overcrowded prisons.

Clip: 10/06/2015 | 5m 17s

The Justice Department announced a plan for the largest ever one-time release of federal prisoners. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Maurice Chammah of The Marshall Project about the decision to set free some 6,000 inmates, part of a broader push to provide relief to individuals hit with harsh sentences and to reduce overcrowded prisons.

Aired: 10/06/15

Rating: NR

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