I am reading proposed bills from the house and they are cracking me up with the ridiculousness of what some of them are saying. They are full of crap and drama. These people need to get over themselves and deal with real issues that are facing America like blocking the illegal immigrants who are crashing our border and destroying our country, killing innocent people, and more. The government does not need to take control of weapons of upstanding citizens but needs to round up all the criminals and confiscate and destroy all of their weapons because they are the real problem. They also think we have too many illegals in prison, HAHAHA! They are criminals and they need to be treated. as such.

One line from H.Res.226 says' "B) the average sentence length for individuals convicted of a Federal offense carrying a mandatory minimum penalty is 110 months of imprisonment;" that is less than 10 years and to me that says they did something very bad.

Or how about this line "Whereas over 61,000 people across the United States are subjected to solitary confinement every day, isolated for 22 to 24 hours a day with little to no human interaction;" Is this not what many Americans have been experiencing for the last year with this ridiculous lockdown that has isolated people from family and friends. They are imprisoned and they did not even commit a crime.

"Whereas people leave jails and prison owing an average of $13,607 in fines and fees, and an inability to pay can lead to being denied the right to vote, license suspension, additional fines and fees, and even further incarceration;" They should not have the right to vote if they have committed a crime. That is one of the rights they are stripped of because they are criminals.

"Whereas one in two adults in America has had a family member in jail or prison, and one in five has had a parent incarcerated;" I would love to know where they get these facts as I know no one who has a parent incarcerated and know of only one or two who have had a family member in jail at some point in time.

"Whereas zero-tolerance policies, including exclusionary disciplinary policies and school-based arrests, result in the growing cradle-to-prison pipeline" So we should get rid of zero-tolerance policies and allow crimes to run rampant?

"increased coordination between local law enforcement and immigration enforcement has not been shown to have a measurable impact on reducing crime and has been shown to destabilize communities;

(3) education programs for people in prison have been proven to reduce recidivism, yet such programs have been underfunded or altogether eliminated at both the State and Federal level, including the ban on Pell grants in prison, and restoring Pell grant access to prisoners would increase the employment rate for people with a criminal history by 10 percent and improve collective earnings by $45 million in the first year after release; and

" I don't think grants should be given to people who are in prison as they get too much free stuff as is and they are coddled. Prison should include hard labor to teach them to not repeat their crimes as it is supposed to be a punishment not a free ride of all the TV, exercise equipment, and such. They should be fed a minimum diet and be made to work hard.

"Whereas in many jurisdictions, individuals with a criminal record are automatically excluded from certain professional licenses such as those required to be a security guard, firefighter, real estate broker, and electrician;

Whereas an estimated 6.1 million Americans, or 1 in every 40 adults, are banned from voting due to felony disenfranchisement or laws restricting voting rights for those with a current or previous felony conviction;" They should not be allowed to vote, or hold jobs like that of a security guard or other jobs if they committed certain crimes. If they were imprisoned for a minor drug violation like possession of marijuana and are rehabilitated then let them have one of the above-listed jobs if they get the training. Violent criminals should be denied all of the above.

Instead, this joke of a bill suggests things like: " empowering directly impacted communities, through people’s assemblies, town halls, listening sessions, and workshops, to inform and draft legislation to repeal and dismantle the 94 Crime Bill and other punitive policies, and replace them with a holistic and community-led public health and safety agenda; and

(B) advancing a community-led platform of justice, freedom, and safety, which shifts resources away from criminalization and incarceration and toward policies and investments that fairly and equitably ensure that all people can thrive;"

They also want to eliminate, "including ending zero-tolerance school discipline policies and dress code and appearance policies" which I think need to be more stringently enforced as we have girls going to school dressing like streetwalkers which invites other issues.

Now I can some logic in the following part of the bill and could support some aspects of these; "amatically reduce the incarcerated populations to—

(A) decriminalize behavior and divert cases that do not require confinement by—

(i) providing tax incentives to local governments and States that commit to policies such as repealing truth-in-sentencing and three-strike provisions to significantly reduce the prison and jail population;

(ii) decriminalizing sex work by removing criminal and civil penalties related to consensual sex work and addressing structural inequities that impede the safety, dignity, and well-being of all individuals, especially those most vulnerable to discrimination on the basis of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, and citizenship status;

(iii) decriminalizing addiction, homelessness, poverty, HIV status, and disabilities, including mental health diagnosis, by legalizing marijuana and overdose prevention sites, declining to criminally prosecute low-level offenses such as loitering and theft of necessity goods, and expunging the records of individuals for all (minor) drug-related offenses; (such as marijuana)

(iv) dramatically increasing diversion opportunities, community service, restorative justice programming, and treatment options that minimize court involvement and result in no prison time for most offenses where the person does not cause or intend to cause harm;

(v) ending the criminalization of Black and Brown students in school, including ending zero-tolerance school discipline policies and dress code and appearance policies that disproportionately impact girls of color and LGBTQ+ students, the removal of police and school resource officers, the decriminalization of truancy, and the reallocation of funds to support trauma-informed, comprehensive mental health and restorative services;  (I do not see these things as singling out any particular group of students and I feel that police and school resource officers are beneficial to all students for protection and because I have seen how they help students learn to relate to them as people, not the enemy. I have also seen them help turn a student around who was headed in the wrong direction.  They have a very positive impact.)

(viii) decriminalizing the act of migration by repealing provisions in Federal law that criminalize migrants for irregular border crossings, significantly limiting the conduct- and conviction-based grounds of deportability and inadmissibility, and ending draconian systems of mandatory detention and automatic deportation;  I do not agree with this at all! There are legal ways to gain entry into our country for a reason and they need to be upheld at all costs.

(ii) ending the death penalty, including effective death sentences of life without the possibility of parole;

(iii) ending mandatory minimum sentencing and providing incarcerated individuals an opportunity to petition for release after serving 10 years for any crime by a review board that includes at least one individual who has previously served time, to both encourage and reward people who reform themselves and pose no threat to public safety no matter the offense;  

I do not agree with this aspect as there is a reason they instituted mandatory minimum sentences for the protection of the citizens of this country. Look at people like Charles Manson for Christ's sake. He was a monster and there are many like him out there. I can see reevaluating certain crimes and adjusting the sentencing for them but in general, there is a reason for minimum sentencing and for life sentences.

(vi) establishing a national compassionate release standard that includes a presumption of release for any person with a disability who has spent at least 15 years in prison, as well as any person over the age of 50 who has spent at least 10 years in prison, over the age of 55 who has spent 5 years in prison, or over the age of 60;

I think it should depend on the crime and the health of the individual. If they are sick then it makes sense, but if they are healthy and could repeat the crime then no because there are some very bad people in jail.

(vii) requiring States to impose sentencing reviewing standards, particularly for juveniles sentenced prior to their 18th birthday, abolishing youth jails, and making the detention of children in any form the absolute last resort;

This one needs to be looked at in terms of what crime the person committed. If it was a violent act then no. If it was a minor crime then possibly depending on the person and their emotional stability. I have worked with some very bad kids who were in jail for one thing and got out and committed a heinous violent act with just a few weeks of release.

(iii) banning the prosecution of children under the age of 18 in adult courts and ensuring juveniles are not housed in adult prisons but in community- or home-based rehabilitation programs;

I think it should depend on the severity and how violent the crime was when it comes to this one. If they child murdered someone they should be tried as an adult and and imprisoned for life. If it was a minor offense then fine go with this though I am not really sure on the home-based rehabilitation programs as I do not think putting the child back in the same environment that he came from is a good idea as it can lead to further criminal activity.

(iv) allowing transgender individuals to be housed in a facility that conforms with their gender identity;

I believe that if you are born a male them you are a male and should be boused with men or build a separate prison for these individuals, do not make women suffer being subjecting them to having genetic males in the same prison, this can lead to all kinds of other issues and this can cause severe trauma to those who have been abused by males.

(viii) restoring eligibility for Federal Pell grants to all students regardless of immigration status and those incarcerated in Federal, State, and local facilities without regard to offense or sentence length;

Criminals should not have access to Federal Pell Grants. That is a right they give up when they commit a crime.

(ix) ending forced labor practices and requiring incarcerated individuals to be paid for their labor at a rate that is no lower than the Federal minimum wage;

I also feel that this is something they give up when they commit a crime. They should receive a minimum amount to purchase the few things they need to survive like shampoo and soap, but they do not need other things and should be afforded luxuries. They should be working to cover the cost of their room and board and that should be subtracted from the money so paying them a dollar or two an hour cash is acceptable as anything over that should be considered payment for room and board.  If they were to be paid minimum wage then money earned should be paid back at a rate of several hundred dollars a month to cover room and board and the cost of prison guards and general upkeep of the prison and to cover the cost of phone calls as they should. have to pay for the privilege of using the phone just as everyone else in the world has to do.