Across political spectrum, insightful folks saying in insightful ways that Prez Biden must do better on criminal justice reform
The news to start this work week that the Biden Justice Department is not disputing the legal opinion that federal prisoners released into home confinement would be returned to prison after the pandemic has likely contributed to the end of this work week bringing a number of effective commentaries rightly asserting that Prez Biden continues to come up short on criminal justice issues. Notably, these commentary are coming from across the political spectrum as evidenced by these pieces:
From Samantha Michaels at Mother Jones, "Biden Said He’d Cut Incarceration in Half. So Far, the Federal Prison Population Is Growing."
From Lars Trautman at The Washington Examiner, "Biden’s criminal justice inaction is nothing but malarkey"
I recommend both of these shorter pieces, but I especially want to encourage everyone to read this lengthy Washington Post magazine commentary by Piper Kerman headlined "She accidentally provided the ‘Lose Yo Job’ soundtrack to Biden victory memes this fall. He could learn a lot from hearing her story." In fact, we can all learn a lot from her story, as brilliantly told and contextualized by Piper Kerman, and her piece is a useful reminder that Vice-President Harris ought not be left out of discussions and criticisms of the tepid criminal justice reform efforts of the Biden Administration to date.
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