Congress members have urged President Donald Trump to reduce the federal prison population as a measure to curb the spread of the Chinese Communist Party virus (CCP virus), commonly known as the novel coronavirus. This comes as several states have begun releasing inmates to protect its prison and jail populations.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote a letter (pdf) addressed to Trump on Thursday urging him to take a number of steps to reduce the federal prison population such as commuting sentences of elderly inmates who do not pose a current and substantial safety risk, commuting sentences of medically vulnerable individuals, and establishing procedures to release individuals who are awaiting trial in prison or jail.
