Other Provisions
Another provision of the act was to authorize the hiring of 100,000 more police officers, initiate "boot camps" for delinquent minors, and allocated a substantial amount of money to build new prisons.
In addition, there were 50 new federal offenses, including provisions making membership in gangs a crime. Some argued that these provisions violated the guarantee of freedom of association in the Bill of Rights. The act also generally prohibits individuals who have been convicted of a felony involving breach of trust from working in the business of insurance, unless they have received written consent from state regulators.
The act also made drug testing mandatory for those serving on federal supervised release.
Read more about this topic: Violent Crime Control And Law Enforcement Act
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