User Clip: Craig DeRoche testifies before Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, S. 2123

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19, 2015--Craig DeRoche, executive director of Justice Fellowship, Prison Fellowship's criminal justice advocacy arm, testified today before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on historic reform legislation that provides a restorative approach to criminal justice. The bipartisan Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, S. 2123, moves toward a more proportionate system of criminal punishment. The bill also directs the Department of Justice to expand recidivism reduction programming, such as drug rehabilitation, education, faith-based classes, and work programs for all federal prisoners. close