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Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen with Hugh Hurwitz, left, acting director of the Bureau of Prisons, and David Muhlhausen, director of the National Institute of Justice, at DOJ in Washington.

Thousands Freed From Prison Custody As DOJ Implements Sentencing Reform Law

By: Carrie Johnson | NPR
Posted on: Friday, July 19, 2019

More than 3,100 are moving out of the Bureau of Prisons system on Friday and the Justice Department is making other changes to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.