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Five years ago today, one of the most meaningful federal criminal justice reforms in a decade became law. It has been a huge success. Since the First Step Act passed, thousands more people leaving the federal prison system have rebuilt their lives without reoffending — in fact, the federal recidivism rate has dropped by an estimated 37 percent since the law was enacted. For us — a former police chief and a former prosecutor — that’s one of the best holiday gifts we could get. For the new year, we want more of what the First Step Act brings: further reductions in crime and more people staying out of prison. In her book “Reform Nation: The First Step Act and the Movement to End Mass Inca

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