Fact check: Sen. Scott says Joe Biden's 1994 crime bill 'put millions of Black Americans behind bars'
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Monday night that, “in 1994, Biden led the charge on a crime bill that put millions of Black Americans behind bars.”
The crime bill granted states billions to build prisons if they passed laws requiring inmates to serve at least 85 percent of their sentences, the Brennan Center said, noting that 30 states introduced or amended laws between 1995 and 1999 so that they would be in compliance and receive the money. By 1999, 42 states had"truth-in-sentencing" laws on the books, which contributed to an increase in imprisonment."Racial Disparity in U.S.
Others like Marc Mauer, the executive director of The Sentencing Project, a criminal justice reform and advocacy group, have said that suggestions that the bill was the key driver of mass incarceration were “off base.” Former Department of Homeland Security official Miles Taylor confirmed on Monday the creation of an anti-Trump group called the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform . The group is made up of former U.S. officials, advisers and conservatives and organized by ex-Trump administration officials, Taylor said.
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