Donald Trump calls for new focus on hiring former prisoners

President Donald Trump says he wants to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts helping federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison.

President Donald Trump said Monday he wants to follow up on criminal justice reform with efforts that help federal inmates find jobs after they leave prison. Congress passed legislation last year called the First Step Act that gives judges more discretion when sentencing some drug offenders and boosts prisoner rehabilitation efforts. The effort drew strong support from Republicans and Democrats worried that mandatory minimum laws had generated unfair sentences in many drug-related cases.