Democratic Representatives Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts announced the BREATHE Act on Tuesday, legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system by eliminating life sentences, retroactive expulsion of drug offenses, elimination from multiple federal agencies and the permanent closure of prisons and immigration. detention centers, among other things.
The bill also seeks to eliminate gang databases, pilot programs for a universal basic income, allow incarcerated people the right to vote, and grant voting rights and "lifelong education" to undocumented immigrants.
The fate of the bill in the Democratic-controlled House is unknown, as not all members […]
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