WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Roger Wicker (R-MS), and James Lankford (R-OK), in introducing the Safer Supervision Act, which will ensure the federal supervised release system is directing its resources to reduce recidivism and promote public safety, rehabilitation, and reintegration.
The bipartisan, bicameral legislation would restore supervised release to the system Congress originally intended by ensuring courts impose supervision based on the individual facts of the case and promoting positive incentives through improvements to the existing early termination process.
“Supervised release should be based on individual facts to help those who need it most integrate back into society. Our bill ensures supervision is imposed on those who are at higher risk of recidivism and ensures our supervision system is not overburdened,” said Senator Cramer.
“Our overstretched federal supervision system has departed far from the original intent of Congress,” said Senator Coons. “After people have served their time, our system should work to lift them up, not to drag them down. The Safer Supervision Act would improve public safety by ensuring that we properly supervise those who would most benefit from it, while creating positive incentives for all those under supervision to rehabilitate and reintegrate.”
Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Wesley Hunt (R-TX) and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX).
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