Murder is insignificant in the prison reform discussion. As pointed above, it's a tiny percentage of all crime. Unless you want to suggest releasing murders (as

Murder is insignificant in the prison reform discussion. As pointed above, it's a tiny percentage of all crime. Unless you want to suggest releasing murders (as another article on here did, though I disagree), there is nothing that can be done there. What can be done is to focus on the people that shouldn't be in jail. Change laws that criminalize victimless offenses. Release current prisoners. Those are real action items, and even if it is only a quarter million, that is still about an eight of the total prison population. End parole / probation for such offenses as that is likely to lead to people going back to jail. This is not an insignificant number. Releasing these people will make a difference, more than anything else I've seen suggested.