✅ Former inmates adjust to life outside of prison: 'What comes with the greatness is reality'

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✍  Brian Johnson, 48, says it feels good to be back in his old neighborhood in Baltimore. Nearly 20 years ago, he was convicted of money laundering and drug distribution and sentenced to life in federal prison. But when President Donald Trump signed the First Step Act last December, it meant Johnson and thousands of others were eligible for an earlier release or a reduced sentence. The act increased the number of good conduct time credits an inmate can earn per year, and built on the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, signed by former President Obama, which reduced penalties for crack-cocaine offenses.  The U.S. Sentencing Commission said those changes can help more than 140,000 people in prison, CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan reports. Johnson took his first step out of prison on July 9. The first person he saw was his oldest daughter, who is 31. He missed 20 years of her upbringing.  "So when she pulled up, it was like an unbelievable feeling until I could hug her," he said.  Johnson ...
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