A tougher approach also threatens what the Obama administration regards as a milestone in criminal justice. They created a new, centralized mental health facility for women at the federal prison in Danbury, Conn. They stopped using private prisons to house federal offenders because of safety and security concerns. The mentality among prosecutors at the time was to put drug offenders away for as long as possible. When they come out, they have nowhere to live, they may come out still with an addiction.”During the transition process, Justice Department officials have emphasized those same themes to Mr. Sessions’s team.

Source: New York Times January 16, 2017 03:02 UTC