PDF Federal Criminal Justice Reform: Options for Policymakers 2025 – 2029
This report serves as a guide for actionable policies, with bipartisan support, that will make the criminal justice system more safe, accountable, and fair for incarcerated people, the professionals who work in the criminal justice system every day, and the public. In each section of this guide, we have included policies that can advance immediately, before the end of the next session of Congress (the 119th Congress), and before a new president takes office in 2029. All of these policies have enough support to become law. It includes several policies related to second chances, including reinstating federal parole, reforming the clemency process, and making certain retroactive sentencing reforms.