Klobuchar would create a position in the White House that exists outside of the Department of Justice to advise the president on criminal justice reform issues.
Klobuchar would create a bipartisan clemency advisory board that would include victim advocates and prison and sentencing reform advocates to investigate and review requests for clemency.
As a prosecutor in Hennepin County, Klobuchar pursued harsher penalties for repeat offenses, including drunk driving, failure to pay child support, and more.
Klobuchar will direct the Department of Justice to decline to renew or reduce the scope of contracts for private prisons when the contract reaches its end, aiming to phase out the use of private prisons.
Klobuchar previously served as a prosecutor for Hennepin County in Minnesota.
When data showed that a local drug court in Hennepin County was sentencing many drug offenders to probation instead of prison, Klobuchar called the results “unacceptable,” adding, “We believe that they should serve a lengthier sentence instead of going to the workhouse and that they should be behind bars.” Klobuchar was a prosecutor in Hennepin County at the time.
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