The Heat: US federal prison releases

The Heat

The United States is the leader in world incarceration. Despite only having about 5 percent of the world’s people, the country’s prisoners encompasses almost 25 percent of the world’s total prison population.

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The U.S. government just released thousands of prisoners in the largest one-time release of federal offenders. So, what’s next for those now on the outside?

CCTV America’s Jim Spellman reports.

The Heat brought on:

  • Barbara Lee, a U.S. Congresswoman. She has been a champion of prison and criminal justice reform.
  • Stanley Richards is Senior Vice President for Fortune Society, an organization that helps prisoners and former prisoners through education, job training and housing assistance.
  • Julianne Malveaux is political commentator and criminal justice activist.