BONUS! NCFCA Policy Debate: First Step Act Recidivism Program Funding (NEG)

Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction

Case Summary: The AFF plan says that recidivism/rehab programs that were supposed to be funded or created by the First Step Act of 2018 are not funded and not effective.  They don’t have enough money, they exclude half the prisoners who should be getting them, and they don’t calculate rewarded time off from sentences correctly for prisoners who complete the programs (so prisoners lack incentive to participate). AFF will talk a lot about “evidence-based recidivism programs.”  There’s one big problem: There’s no such thing.  There are lots of “programs” but none that have undergone rigorous, replicated studies proving them effective at reducing recidivism.

SEE ALSO THE GENERIC “REHABILITATION FAILS” NEG BRIEF BY MONUMENT PUBLISHING