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File Name | S22-Policy-NCFCA-04-NEG-Parole.docx |
File Size | 120.09 KB |
Date added | August 30, 2021 |
Category | Policy (NCFCA) |
Author | Vance Trefethen |
The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction
Case Summary: Parole in the federal criminal justice system was abolished in 1987 by an act of Congress (Sentencing Reform Act) passed in 1984. AFF plan will reinstate parole. This brief explains why whatever problems that’s supposed to solve can be solved by existing policies (like the First Step Act of 2018, which, although not reinstating parole, it did make some reforms that should work just as well). And it shows why parole is a bad thing. You may see a lot of the data in this brief (or the AFF evidence) coming from state prison statistics or comments. That’s the best evidence anyone can provide, since parole was phased out at the federal level 35 years ago. The only remaining prisoners eligible for federal parole are those who went to prison before 1987, of which there are only a few left. Evidence about federal parole in the 1980s or state parole today is all that’s available to discuss the effectiveness of parole in the U.S.
Be careful to distinguish between parole and probation. Probation is a punishment given instead of jail time (although it functions very similar to parole). Parole occurs after a prisoner has served some percentage of his sentence behind bars and then is let out early (with strict conditions), subject to being reincarcerated if he violates the terms of his parole.