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This bill seeks to reduce the number of prisoners in federal prison and ensuring that incarceration is fair. It would do so by offering a new way for nonviolent offenders to be released.

Specifically, this bill would release any inmate that had served half of their sentence or more, providing that they:

Are at least 45 years old;
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