The new bill explicitly incorporates with only minor changes the Corrections Act, led by Cornyn and Whitehouse, as well as the Mercy Act, introduced by Booker. The former bill requires the U.S. Justice Department and federal Bureau of Prisons to develop rehabilitation and anti-recidivism programs to earn qualified time credits towards early release. The latter bill bans juvenile solitary confinement except for temporary periods when the inmate “poses a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to himself or herself, or to others.”
This story was updated at 8:36 p.m. to include the revised name of the bill.
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