Dozens of offenders have been freed in Indiana as part of the largest U.S. prison release in history.
The massive release comes after a commission overhauled federal drug sentencing guidelines.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Spokesman Ed Ross says 64 offenders have been released in Indiana since Friday. While some were serving time at the federal prison in Terre Haute, the majority of all offenders impacted by the new sentencing guidelines were in halfway houses.
According to the U.S. Sentencing Commission, those freed early in Indiana are going home an average of two years ahead of schedule.
The release is part of an effort to reduce the federal prison population. Legislators took similar steps on the state level over the past two years by amending Indiana's criminal code to reduce penalties for low-level crimes, like first-time drug offenses.