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    Between October 2012 and September 2013, 27. Percent of drug offenders were locked up for crimes related to marijuana. Federal prison population has increased almost 790 percent since 1980, when there were only about 25,000 inmates. Drug convictions went from 15 inmates per 100,000 adults in 1980 to 148 in 1996, an almost tenfold increase.

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    Between October 2012 and September 2013, 27. Percent of drug offenders were locked up for crimes related to marijuana. Federal prison population has increased almost 790 percent since 1980, when there were only about 25,000 inmates. Drug convictions went from 15 inmates per 100,000 adults in 1980 to 148 in 1996, an almost tenfold increase.

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    Between October 2012 and September 2013, 27. Percent of drug offenders were locked up for crimes related to marijuana. Federal prison population has increased almost 790 percent since 1980, when there were only about 25,000 inmates. Drug convictions went from 15 inmates per 100,000 adults in 1980 to 148 in 1996, an almost tenfold increase.

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    Rogers/5SenatorHahn,J.S.R.____

    ABILL
    Tolowersentencesforthemajorityofmarijuanaoffenders.

    BeitenactedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentativesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericainCongressassembled,

    SECTION1.SHORTTITLE

    ThisactmaybecitedastheMarijuanaSentenceReductionActof2015.

    SECTION2.FINDINGS

    Congressherebyfindsanddeclaresthat,
    1)Withlargenumbersofinmateshousedtogetherintriplebunkcells,thereisanincreased,substantialriskfor
    transmissionofinfectiousillnesses.
    2)Withsomanyinmateshousedinlargecommonareas,thereisanincreased,substantialriskofviolence,and
    greaterdifficultycontrollinglargeinmatepopulations.
    3)In2011,thereweremorearrestsformarijuanapossessionthanfor
    allviolentcrimesputtogether
    .
    4)Itcostsanaverageofabout$47,000peryeartoincarcerateaninmateinprisoninCalifornia.Overtwothirdsof
    thesecostsareforsecurityandinmatehealthcare.
    5)BetweenOctober2012andSeptember2013,27.6percentofdrugoffenderswerelockedupforcrimesrelatedto
    marijuana
    .
    6)AttheFederallevel,prisonersincarceratedonadrugchargecomprisehalfoftheprisonpopulation,whilethe
    numberofdrugoffendersinstateprisonshasincreasedthirteenfoldsince1980.
    7)Asthenumberofpeopleconvictedofdrugoffenseshasgoneup,thefederalprisonpopulationhasincreased
    almost790percentsince1980,whentherewereonlyabout25,000inmates,accordingtoa2012Congressional
    ResearchServicereport.
    8)Overcrowdinghasbeenknowntocausefarmorestressfulsituationsandhaspromptedprisonofficialstoreact
    inappropriatelyonoccasionduetobeingforcedtoaccommodateilladvisednumbersofprisoners
    9)Eachyear,enforcinglawsonpossessioncostsmorethan$3.6billion,
    accordingtotheAmericanCivilLiberties
    Union
    .
    10)In2009alone,1.66millionAmericanswerearrestedondrugcharges,morethanwerearrestedonassaultor
    larcenycharges.
    11)Drugconvictionswentfrom15inmatesper100,000adultsin1980to148in1996,analmosttenfoldincrease.
    MorethanhalfofAmerica'sfederalinmatestodayareinprisonondrugconvictions.
    12)Afterthreedecades,criminalizationhasnotaffectedgeneralusageabout
    30millionAmericans
    usemarijuana
    everyyear.
    13)Drugconvictionswentfrom15inmatesper100,000adultsin1980to148in1996,analmosttenfoldincrease.

    SECTION3.STATUTORYLANGUAGE
    A)TheMarijuanaSentenceReductionActof2015shallhenceforthreducethemandatoryminimumsentencesof
    marijuanaoffenderschargedwithpossessionofmarijuanafromoneyeartothreemonths.Marijuanaoffenders
    chargedwithsaleshallhavetheirsentencesbasedonamountpossessed.Foreach10kgofmarijuanaoffenderswill
    spend1yearandbefined50,000dollars.Thiswillgountilacapof50kgwithapenaltyof250,000dollarsand5
    yearsinprison.Finally,marijuanapossessionshallbecomeafelonyonthefourthoffenseinsteadofthethird.All
    marijuanaoffenderscurrentlyincarceratedforoffenseslistedabovewillretroactivelyhavetheirsentencesreducedto
    theaforementionedamount.Allprisonerscurrentlyincarcerated,whohavespentgreatertimeinprisonthantheir
    newsentencesrequired,willbereleasedoveraperiodofsixmonths.Stateswithlawslessseverethanthoselisted
    abovewillnothavetoimplementtheprovisionsofthisbill.
    B)ThisbillwillbeimplementedbytheFederalBureauofPrisons.Anyprisonnotfollowingthislawwillhavetheir
    federalfundingreducedby1milliondollars.Allexcessrevenuecreatedbythisbillfromthepreviouslymentioned
    reductioninovercrowdingwillbereturnedtotheFederalBureauofPrisonstobeusedastheydeemfit.
    C)ThisbillshallbeenactedonJanuary1,2017.Therewillbenoexpirationdateforthisbill.

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