Criminal Justice Reform

Joe Biden believes we need to reform the criminal justice system to prioritize prevention, eliminate racial disparities at every stage, get rid of sentencing practices that don’t fit the crime. As president, Joe Biden will strengthen America’s commitment to justice and reform our criminal justice system. Biden intends to reduce the number of people incarcerated in this country and to reduce crime.Joe Biden believes we need to reform the criminal justice system to prioritize prevention, eliminate racial disparities at every stage, get rid of sentencing practices that don’t fit the crime. As president, Joe Biden will strengthen America’s commitment to justice and reform our criminal justice system. Biden intends to reduce the number of people incarcerated in this country and to reduce crime. Reducing the number of incarcerated individuals will reduce federal spending on incarceration. Our criminal justice system cannot be just unless we root out the racial, gender, and income-based disparities in the system, too. Black mothers and fathers should feel confident that their children are safe walking the streets of America. No one should be profiteering off of our criminal justice system. Biden calls for the immediate passage of Congressman Bobby Scott’s SAFE Justice Act, an evidence-based, comprehensive bill to reform our criminal justice system “from front-end sentencing reform to back-end release policies.” The Biden Plan will shift our country’s focus from incarceration to prevention. Joe Biden will create a new $20 billion competitive grant program to spur states to shift from incarceration to prevention. To accelerate criminal justice reform at the state and local levels, Biden will create a new grant program inspired by a proposal by the Brennan Center. States, counties, and cities will receive funding to invest in efforts proven to reduce crime and incarceration. Joe Biden intends to ensure humane prison conditions. He believes no act can justify the inhumane treatment of an individual in the hands of the government. As president, Biden will call for an overhaul of inhumane prison practices. He’ll start by ending the practice of solitary confinement, with very limited exceptions such as protecting the life of an imprisoned person.
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