Congress is currently considering the Fair Chance Act of 2019, a bill designed to increase the odds that formerly-incarcerated individuals can get jobs upon their release and prove to the world that they’ve turned a new leaf and are prepared to be law-abiding, productive citizens.
Although hardly a panacea, the bill has a lot of merit and is worthy of serious consideration by Congress.
Last December, President Donald Trump signed into law the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, better known by its acronym, the First Step Act.
A major focus of the First Step Act is driving down the recidivism rate. The law aims to do that by offering incentives to eligible inmates in federal prisons—excluding many violent felons and sex offenders—to participate in evidence-based programs tailored to address the particular risks they pose and to meet their own particular needs.
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