The Justice Department is trying lower the amount of people in jail because they are overcrowded. 6,000 are set to be released at the end of October, early November. Of who will be released two-thirds are going to halfway housed and one-third is being deported right away. A majority of the people released are getting out because marijuana laws have changed and are now more lenient, “46,000 of the nation’s approximately 100,000 drug offenders in federal prison qualify for early release,” (Horwitz; 2015). A large amount of inmates are being released because of they were arrested for a minor possession. In the article, people were worried about how inmates would integrate back into society. If they are supervised and monitored the recidivism
