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About time too.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...0150108?page=4

Fascinating read.

Federal drug sentencing remains draconian: Locking a person in a cage for five years for possessing five grams of an intoxicant is not a rational policy. But the Holder reforms may signal that the flood of Drug War incarceration has reached its high-water mark. For the first time in 34 years, the federal inmate population is falling, down 4,800 in the past year. By 2016, a drop of 12,200 is projected – equivalent to more than six federal prisons filled to capacity.

Holder, who will be leaving office upon the confirmation of his successor, views this as a legacy issue. "For far too long," he said in a September speech focused on the harms created by the Drug War, "our system has perpetuated a destructive cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration that has trapped countless people and weakened entire communities – particularly communities of color. . . . We are bringing about a paradigm shift."