First Step Act - What is it?
29 March 2019
Marc A. Levin, Vice President of Criminal Justice at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right on Crime, discusses the barriers that exist to productive life for an ex-offender, what needs to happen and how changes in the law could affect recidivism rates.
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