Episode 644: First Step Act – 5th Anniversary
Newt's World
Gingrich 360
4.6 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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On December 21st, 2018, President Trump signed into law the First Step Act of 2018. The Act was the culmination of a bi-partisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes, as well as to reduce the size of the federal prison population while also creating processes to maintain public safety. The First Step Act works to assess the recidivism risk and to place prisoners in recidivism reducing programs and productive activities to address their needs. On the fifth anniversary of the First Step Act, Newt talks with Jessica Jackson from Reform Alliance and Adam Clausen who benefited from the passage of the act.
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| 0:28.6 | Samsung dot com pricing shown On this episode of News World on December 21st 2018, President Trump signed into law the |
| 0:40.5 | First Step Act of 2018. The Act was the culmination of a |
| 0:45.4 | bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice outcomes as well as to reduce the |
| 0:50.8 | size of the federal prison population while also creating processes |
| 0:55.1 | to maintain public safety. |
| 0:57.4 | The First Step Act works to assess the recidivism risk and to place prisoners in recidivism reducing programs and productive |
| 1:05.0 | activities to address their needs. The Act also requires the Bureau of |
| 1:09.5 | Prisons to assist inmates in applying for federal and state benefits and to obtain identification, |
| 1:15.0 | including a Social Security card, driver's license, or other official photo identification and birth certificate. On this fifth anniversary of the First Step Act, |
| 1:25.4 | I wanted to talk about the impact the passage of the Act has had on people |
| 1:29.7 | and the many lives that have been changed by it. |
| 1:32.0 | So I'm really pleased to welcome my two guests. and the many lives that have been changed by it. |
| 1:32.6 | So I'm really pleased to welcome my two guests. |
| 1:34.8 | Jessica Jackson from Reform Alliance |
| 1:37.4 | and Adam Clossum, who benefited from the passage of the act. yet. Jessica and Adam welcome and thank you for joining me on Newswood. |
| 1:54.0 | Thank you for having us on. |
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