Thread by @christianllamar

@rolandsmartin 1) Roland, u are wrong about the
First Step ACT! 91% of the people who benefit from the
1st Step Act are BLACK MEN! Bureau of Prisons releases a report every few months on who’s released.
It’s not 60 percent it’s 91%.
91 percent of the 1st Step Act beneficiaries are black men.

@rolandsmartin 2) Now to your argument on State Prisons. Bidens 1994 crime bill,
Public Law 103-322 has TITLE called
“ PRISONS. “ SEC 20101 : GRANTS FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, gave Attorney General power to give grants to STATES. AG has power to authorize any gov official the function of AG

@rolandsmartin 3) Joe’s 1994 crime bill also incentivized 85% of prison sentence be imposed if
“ person has been convicted on 1 or more prior occasions in a court of the US or of a State of a violent crime or serious drug offense “ which can APPLY to ALL cities counties & states across AMERICA!

@rolandsmartin 4) Even the Bureau of Justice Statistics 1999 Report after 5 years shows that Biden’s 1994 crime bill
INCREASED incarceration & after it passed, the states MIRRORED their prison sentencing laws to fit Biden’s 1994 crime bill because
BIDEN incentivized incarceration
with GRANTS