A policy that could be implemented by the Federal Government is Tonry’s Ten-Step Blueprint for Moving Past Mass Incarceration. Tonry’s proposed plan is to cut the rate of incarceration by 50% in all 50 states (Nagin, 2014). With this ambitus plan to reduce the prison population by half, some fear that this might have negative implications on the crime rate. His plan is to recreate the sentencing system so that incarceration becomes fair and just (Tonry, 2014). The first few steps of the policy are to remove or diminish the severity of the three-strikes, mandatory minimum sentence and any similar laws (Tonry, 2014). If these laws are not changed then there should be other forms of sentencing imposed to seek justice. The fourth step is
