I am writing this letter requesting you vote in favor of the Smarter Sentencing Act. Sentences regarding possession and trafficking of controlled substances are due for much needed review. Taxpayers spend several thousand dollars to hold a single inmate in prison for a year, and there are thousands of individuals currently incarcerated for such offenses. By essentially halving the minimum sentence of these crimes the billions of taxpayer dollars saved can be applied elsewhere.
As recorded by the prisons bureau, it costs an average of $30,000 per year to hold a single person in prison. Almost half of the inmates currently held in federal prisons were incarcerated for drug related offenses which include possession and trafficking. Even if only
As recorded by the prisons bureau, it costs an average of $30,000 per year to hold a single person in prison. Almost half of the inmates currently held in federal prisons were incarcerated for drug related offenses which include possession and trafficking. Even if only