By DEVLIN BARRETT -
The Obama administration plans to change the way it charges nonviolent criminals in the hopes of reducing the prisoner population, a major policy shift aimed at reversing decades of increasing incarceration.
In a speech Monday to the American Bar Association, Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to unveil directives designed to lock up fewer people for long periods and release some current inmates more quickly.
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Government could decrease drug and non-violent offenders prison terms
