United States Sentencing Commission

US to Free 6,000 Prisoners

By Dustin Braden - Oct 06, 2015 06:35 PM EDT

The United States will set free 6,000 people serving prison time for drug convictions in one of the most concrete and dramatic actions the country has taken as it seeks to shrink its prison population, which is the largest in the world.

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