“Today’s announcement is a sign that the Department of Justice is taking the mass incarceration crisis seriously and is taking a more humane and budget-conscious approach to dealing with one of the country’s most intractable problems,” Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, said in a statement."

Hopefully 3 years can be enough time to bring the prisoners home!  The approx. $45 Million sent to Arizona could be diverted home; it could create local jobs too.