Trump, Kushner get win as prison reform bill passes House in overwhelming vote

[dukkha]

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law scored a legislative victory Tuesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a prison reform bill that aims to help ex-convicts rebuild their lives after their release from prison.

The so-called First Step Act was authored by Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Doug Collins, R-Ga., who also worked closely with the White House -- particularly Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser, who advocated for the reform after witnessing how his father, Charles Kushner, was treated in prison.

The act would provide $250 million over five years to expand and support programs that reduce reoffending rates and encourage good behavior, the New York Post reported.

It would also require prisoners to be housed within 500 miles from their relatives and prohibit prisons from shackling pregnant women. Some prisoners would also be allowed to spend more of their sentences in a halfway house or home confinement.

he reform effort earned support from multiple diverse groups, including Dream Corps’ #cut50 initiative – a movement led by CNN analyst Van Jones, a longtime critic of Trump, Mother Jones magazine reported.

But Jones’ support for the bill heralded by Kushner came under fire from progressive Democrats who oppose working with the Trump administration. ShareBlue media’s Oliver Willis accused Jones of aiding racism, tweeting: “Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...m-bill-passes-house-in-overwhelming-vote.html

 

[dukkha]

ShareBlue media’s Oliver Willis accused Jones of aiding racism, tweeting: “Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything.”

 

[domer76]

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law scored a legislative victory Tuesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a prison reform bill that aims to help ex-convicts rebuild their lives after their release from prison.

The so-called First Step Act was authored by Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Doug Collins, R-Ga., who also worked closely with the White House -- particularly Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser, who advocated for the reform after witnessing how his father, Charles Kushner, was treated in prison.

The act would provide $250 million over five years to expand and support programs that reduce reoffending rates and encourage good behavior, the New York Post reported.

It would also require prisoners to be housed within 500 miles from their relatives and prohibit prisons from shackling pregnant women. Some prisoners would also be allowed to spend more of their sentences in a halfway house or home confinement.

he reform effort earned support from multiple diverse groups, including Dream Corps’ #cut50 initiative – a movement led by CNN analyst Van Jones, a longtime critic of Trump, Mother Jones magazine reported.

But Jones’ support for the bill heralded by Kushner came under fire from progressive Democrats who oppose working with the Trump administration. ShareBlue media’s Oliver Willis accused Jones of aiding racism, tweeting: “Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...m-bill-passes-house-in-overwhelming-vote.html

lol

Kushner hopes for as much prison reform as possible.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

Nothing on corporate for profit prisons or corporate convict labor leasing then?

 

[dukkha]

Nothing on corporate for profit prisons or corporate convict labor leasing then?

this is about rehabilitation and release.. which of course is "racist"

 

[Irish Exit]

Now if it passes the Senate, Kushner can do his time at Trump Half-Way Houses, Inc.'s Mar A Lago Bungalow under contract with the federal bureau of prisons.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

this is about rehabilitation and release.. which of course is "racist"

That means nothing without further investigation as to where the money is going and how it is to be spent, sorry. I'll see how it plays out, you can do the partisanshithead spew if you like.

 

[anatta]

That means nothing without further investigation as to where the money is going and how it is to be spent, sorry. I'll see how it plays out, you can do the partisanshithead spew if you like.

prison reform is "partisanship??

require prisoners to be housed within 500 miles from their relatives and prohibit prisons from shackling pregnant women. Some prisoners would also be allowed to spend more of their sentences in a halfway house or home confinement.

 

[Fentoine Lum]

prison reform is "partisanship??

I'm glad you found an article to swallow hook line and sinker at first blush on something that just passed one house and is nowhere near law yet. For profit corporate prisons with legalized slavery via convict labor leasing which is supported by well heeled lobbying and think tank draft legislation will never sit by for this. We shall see. Long long way to go and you're going off of one media article. I won't.

 

[anatta]

I'm glad you found an article to swallow hook line and sinker at first blush on something that just passed one house and is nowhere near law yet. For profit corporate prisons with legalized slavery via convict labor leasing which is supported by well heeled lobbying and think tank draft legislation will never sit by for this. We shall see. Long long way to go and you're going off of one media article. I won't.

it's not about how they are locked up, and halfway houses are common.
Most prisoners don't get jobs until they get a sentence and then are released to a half way house.

I would imagine this would be ideal for those held who can't make bail waiting for trial too.
So I don't think it's going to effect the convict pool of slave prison labor to draw from

I don't see any downside

 

[Fentoine Lum]

it's not about how they are locked up, and halfway houses are common.
Most prisoners don't get jobs until they get a sentence and then are released to a half way house.

I would imagine this would be ideal for those held who can't make bail waiting for trial too.
So I don't think it's going to effect the convict pool of slave prison labor to draw from

I don't see any downside

I'll wait and see, if and when it plays out. You are free to believe the corporate state media machine.

 

[archives]

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law scored a legislative victory Tuesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a prison reform bill that aims to help ex-convicts rebuild their lives after their release from prison.

The so-called First Step Act was authored by Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Doug Collins, R-Ga., who also worked closely with the White House -- particularly Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser, who advocated for the reform after witnessing how his father, Charles Kushner, was treated in prison.

The act would provide $250 million over five years to expand and support programs that reduce reoffending rates and encourage good behavior, the New York Post reported.

It would also require prisoners to be housed within 500 miles from their relatives and prohibit prisons from shackling pregnant women. Some prisoners would also be allowed to spend more of their sentences in a halfway house or home confinement.

he reform effort earned support from multiple diverse groups, including Dream Corps’ #cut50 initiative – a movement led by CNN analyst Van Jones, a longtime critic of Trump, Mother Jones magazine reported.

But Jones’ support for the bill heralded by Kushner came under fire from progressive Democrats who oppose working with the Trump administration. ShareBlue media’s Oliver Willis accused Jones of aiding racism, tweeting: “Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...m-bill-passes-house-in-overwhelming-vote.html

And how exactly is that a victory for Trump and Kushner? The bill was also authored by a Democrat, and when was the last time any bill getting thru a GOP domimated House a victory?

 

[Fentoine Lum]

And how exactly is that a victory for Trump and Kushner? The bill was also authored by a Democrat, and when was the last time any bill getting thru a GOP domimated House a victory?

Alternative facts, losing is wining when Don does it.

 

[Old Trapper]

it's not about how they are locked up, and halfway houses are common.

Setting the limit for being locked up at 500 miles has nothing to do with hosw they are locked up?

Most prisoners don't get jobs until they get a sentence and then are released to a half way house.

I would imagine this would be ideal for those held who can't make bail waiting for trial too.

Sounds like a contradiction. Anyway, where is reasonable bail mentioned?

So I don't think it's going to effect the convict pool of slave prison labor to draw from

I don't see any downside

So your OK with slave labor.

 

[Lesh]

From The Hill

One of the most deceptive parts of this bill is that it creates the impression that people can earn time off of their sentence via new “credit time.” This is simply not true. This bill will keep people who earn credit time under the Bureau of Prisons’ control by replacing one form of incarceration with another. The FIRST STEP Act does not offer a real path toward release and redemption. Instead, it has the potential to increase the reach of the federal prison system via electronic monitoring and expanded home confinement, which is consistent with this administration’s efforts to increase the size of the federal prison population.

For those released from prison on credit time, an electronic shackle awaits, branding people with a tool that tracks their every movement, expands the carceral state into our neighborhoods and significantly lowers the threshold for reincarceration.

As with any for-profit industry, once privatization enters the market an agreement is made for the company to be guaranteed a certain level of profit margin. In order to profit from the FIRST STEP Act, these companies will be guaranteed a certain number of individuals to remain on electronic monitoring or home confinement, creating a bodies-for-sale system.

What’s more, this bill ensures that many people are excluded from eligibility to earn credit time. The FIRST STEP Act calls for the creation and implementation of a risk assessment instrument to determine who is worthy. Such assessments have been shown to perpetuate or exacerbate racial biases and institutionalize structural racism by relying on data such as “zip code” and “age at first arrest” — both signal over-policing of black people and communities of color, rather than risk of actual behavior.

 

[Mott the Hoople]

President Donald Trump and his son-in-law scored a legislative victory Tuesday after the House overwhelmingly approved a prison reform bill that aims to help ex-convicts rebuild their lives after their release from prison.

The so-called First Step Act was authored by Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Doug Collins, R-Ga., who also worked closely with the White House -- particularly Jared Kushner, Trump’s senior adviser, who advocated for the reform after witnessing how his father, Charles Kushner, was treated in prison.

The act would provide $250 million over five years to expand and support programs that reduce reoffending rates and encourage good behavior, the New York Post reported.

It would also require prisoners to be housed within 500 miles from their relatives and prohibit prisons from shackling pregnant women. Some prisoners would also be allowed to spend more of their sentences in a halfway house or home confinement.

he reform effort earned support from multiple diverse groups, including Dream Corps’ #cut50 initiative – a movement led by CNN analyst Van Jones, a longtime critic of Trump, Mother Jones magazine reported.

But Jones’ support for the bill heralded by Kushner came under fire from progressive Democrats who oppose working with the Trump administration. ShareBlue media’s Oliver Willis accused Jones of aiding racism, tweeting: “Van provides window dressing so racist administration can point to their black friend without really doing anything.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...m-bill-passes-house-in-overwhelming-vote.html

Golly gee. What great systemic reform. Women shouldn’t be shackled and parolees can’t be forced to live more than 500 miles, a days walk for most people, from home.

I’m deeply impressed by this magnanimous display of humanity while simultaneously not doing any harm to the for profit prison industry.