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Constitute our prison population are like and what does data say is that about 83% of them when they are eventually released are going to go on to reoffend in some way or another and many of them are going to reoffend violently. the high crime cities around our country are all experiencing some version of the same problem, which is violent crime committed by recidivists and nationally i think more than a third of all violent felons committed their offense while they were either on probation, par...

Is there any data to support that? .>> none whatsoever, so when people say like ocasio-cortez says there are many people who dont belong in prison, i wonder who shes talking. about. if you talk about murderers or isrobbers or rapists, assailant, aggravated assailants, this constitutes the vast majority of our prison population in this country, right? not to mention the fact that even the people who are inverse order lower-level public order drug offenses, you have to keep in mind that their conv...

Alexandria ocasio cortez and, i wonder who shes talking about. is she talking about murderers or robbers or, assailants, aggravated assailants, burglars? this constitutes the vast majority of our prison population in this country. not to mention the fact that even people on lower public order, you have to keep the mind that their conviction ruptures obviously understate the crimes they have committed. a means of the attorneys ultimately reflect some sort of downgrading in exchange for a guilty p...

Importantly, we werent safer. it was costing us $700 million a year just in the louisiana. thats third only to education and health care. so we couldnt afford it. >> in 2017 edwards, a democrat in the deep south, signed bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation, the most ambitious in the states history. >> you have reduced your prison population. >> we have. but we are number two in the country. and its a process. >> to see this happen in a deep red state, law and order south, its stunning ...

It was counterproductive. we had the highest incarceration nation in the last couple of decades but our crime rate wasnt any better for it, recidivism rate wasnt any better. most importantly we werent safer. it was costing $700 million a year just that louisiana, third only to education and health care. we couldnt afford it. >> in 2017, edwards, a democrat in the deep south, signed bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation, the most ambitious in the states history. you have actually reduced...

Unfiltered look at life behind bars. >> to give a person a life sentence and then just say look, youre not worthy of rehabilitation, i believe thats where we get it wrong. >> so youre saying if we take hope out of the equation, thats where we get in equation. >> if you take hope out of the equation its a lot of trouble. >> "justice for all" continues with a town hall filmed outside a maximum security prison in new york, hosted by lester holt, john legend, former attorney general loretta lynch an...

That only dealt with federal prisoners. theres a conversation going on right now, how far do you go? its one thing to reduce the prison population of non-violent offenders. how much risk do you take on violent offenders. in some cases they committed crimes as teenagers, theyre now in their 40s and 50s and 60s. how do we factor in the families of their victims? its stirring a national conversation. >> youve done so much work on this whole issue. your interviews of the central park five. what did ...

Attacker has been separated from the rest of the prison population pending an investigation. laura laura: ruth bader ginsburg making her second public appearance since finishing radiation treatment for a malignant tumor on her pan crass. she spoke t -- pancreas. she spoke about her book, my own words. we have more from washington. >> reporter: this is the second time this week weve seen ruth bay gearuthbader ginsburg make c appearance, after the supreme court said the justice recently complete r...

That fuel situations like this? theres a broader question about police in dangerou being able tt criminals. the crime rate going up. which goes back to this idea, why would you sign up for the job if you cant have people have your back or have policies but i do that work for you? i think a lot of the time the police are used as a scapegoat. >> kennedy: new york city is a unique place. we have seen what happens when bad people do horrific things. not only day today, but also on 9/11. and we task ...

Shake out your hair. drop your boxers. turn around. see the bottom of your feet. >> run him through here real quick, around the outside wall. >> you guys can run your workers back in there and start pushing those buttons and turn the alarms off. >> time to go back to work. >> the dog alerted on a couple things but we didnt come up with anything. so were out of here. >> both the inmates and their job site come up clean of any contraband. this could mean its already reached the prison population w...