For years, our bipartisan group in @senjudiciary has been working on legislation to improve our criminal justice system. #FirstStepAct 
We've agreed on ways to reform our counterproductive & costly sentencing practices & to adopt proven strategies for rehabilitating inmates to help them become productive members of society.
Our bill incorporates valuable lessons from states like #RhodeIsland, which are seeing real benefits of reform in lower numbers of repeat offenders, less criminal justice spending, and safer communities.
Now, with the White House putting its weight behind our efforts and support from #Republican leaders in Congress, I’m more hopeful than ever we will see that bipartisan work come to fruition. #FirstStepAct whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/w…
