During this election cycle, Joe Biden stated that too many minorities are locked up and that we need to rethink who we send to jail, how we treat them in jail, and how to help them successfully rejoin society after they serve their time. On Biden’s Criminal Justice Policy website he promises, among other things, to:
End Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
End the Monetary Bond System
End Private Prisons
End the Death Penalty
Decriminalize Marijuana
Create a $20 billion grant to help states reduce incarceration
Check prosecutorial power by asking the Justice Department to investigate prosecutorial misconduct