NPR: Trump Supports Changes to Criminal Justice System

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INSKEEP: Noted. Noted. What kinds of inmates are affected here?

HARRIS: Well, actually, all of them. This legislation is actually very broad, very sweeping. You mentioned the prison reforms. There are some first-step sentencing reforms in this package. There are reforms for incarcerated women. This bill actually eliminates the shackling of pregnant women, which has become a real problem across this country, and allows more time for women who've had their babies in prison to spend with their newborns. The bill also allows for the expansion of a good time credit that all currently incarcerated individuals can take advantage of.

So it's a broad, sweeping bill. The sentencing reforms are not as deep as we had hoped. But this is the broadest possible bill that we can get to the president's desk this year. Thousands of Americans are counting on us to provide relief to so many families who've become entangled in our criminal justice system.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/15/668135796/trump-supports-changes-to-criminal-justice-system