The new  year brought new Federal criminal justice and prison reform, so we're  devoting the next few episodes of the Permanent Record to examining the  First Step Act. It has been widely praised and was broadly supported by a  bi-partisan coalition that has become very rare for Congress. President  Trump recently signed the bill, and when it goes into effect it will  reduce our federal prison population. But what else will this bill do --  and what are the next steps we need to take for more meaningful reform  to occur? In this episode, we discussed these questions and more with  Mark Holden, General Counsel to Koch Industries, one of the bill's most  outspoken supporters.

Episode 35: Mark Holden

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