Jailhouse Lawyers Speak -- #August21  🦍 🐉 ⚔️

Do I wish it did many more things & have I been fighting for changes, YES But, I know it will bring 4k home immediately, give another 28k a faster path to return w/i 10 years, makes crack v cocaine retroactive, stops shackling 4 pregnant women, compassionate release etc.

Those are important things.

Trust me, after this passes (if it does). The very next day, I will be publishing a list of things that need to be included in the second step act. And I will be pushing for those every day until a 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th step act deal with them

They are claiming it's only the FIRST STEP. I hope you all hold them to it. The "1st step" was the buy in language. @JoshuaBHoe I do agree, it's not going to make it any worse for the actual federal prisoner inside

Exactly, I am doing my best to hold them to it...and like I said, I am keeping my powder dry on the things I am grumpy about until it passes, I plan to be pushing very hard for a 2nd Step Act :)

My concern is the emphasis on “this is *not* for ppl w/ violent convictions..we’re still throwing away the key on them” and the idea of “asesment tools” which we know have a disproportionate impact on ppl of color in history of policing

That is one big reason I'm sure the @GLFOP endorsed it. It didn't change the nature of racial policing, it actually may enhance it

I do know that there was zero chance this moved forward w/o @GLFOP on board, and I would like to think they were persuaded by the history in Texas, Georgia, etc. Remember, Jared Kushner - who has done most of the work - is doing this b/c his Dad was in federal prison