Amid law enforcement concerns about the large-scale release of federal inmates, the White House is pointing out that the Obama administration has pushed to promote drug rehabilitation and re-entry programs to prevent a spike in crime.
Last week, the first wave of 6,000 prisoners were released as a result of a U.S. Sentencing Commission policy that will ultimately lead to the release of 46,000 federal inmates, mostly drug offenders. Law enforcement officials told TheBlaze these were not non-violent offenders and had the potential to drive the crime rate up, particularly since heroin and opioid abuse are on the rise.
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Source: The Blaze
