Sanders Criminal Justice Plan AIMS to Cut Prison Population

Sanders’ criminal justice plan aims to cut the prison population, democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is proposing a criminal justice overhaul that aims to cut the nation’s prison population in half, end mandatory minimum sentencing, ban private prisons and legalize marijuana. He says the current system does not fairly treat people of color, addicts or the mentally ill.

“Sometimes you don’t even believe what you’re hearing here,” Sanders said Sunday, of the problems he sees in the criminal justice system.Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders speaks at the beginning of a town hall meeting to discuss his criminal justice reform plan on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019, in Columbia, S.C.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 2 million people with mental illness are booked into jails annually. The plan would legalize marijuana and expunge previous marijuana convictions, and end a cash bail system that Sanders says keeps hundreds of thousands who have not been convicted of a crime languishing in jail because they cannot afford bail.

Sanders wants to improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve. To do that, he proposes to end federal programs that provide military equipment to local police forces, establish federal standards for the use of body cameras, provide bias training and require that the Justice Department review all officer-involved shootings.

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