This weekend,the last of prisoners granted reduced sentences under a federal reform method will be released. But advocates say the government continues to overlook and ignore ex-convictsThe minute you walk out the gates, the second sentence begins, and goes an adage of ex-cons that will likely spread to many of the 6000 inmates with drug convictions set for early release this weekend,out into an alien world that will largely leave them to manage or fail on their own.
Although senators, the president, and police and prosecutors have joined the push for criminal justice reform,activists and former prisoners have urged them to stare beyond the front-conclude” of minimum mandatory sentences for certain crimes, and to create and improve re-entry programs for the men and women who are often overwhelmed by life external prison.
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Source: theguardian.com