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Trump? >> lets talk about the here and now. the here and now is -- donald trump undid the damage that was done by biden. >> the facts matter here. it only affected 180,000 prisoners total. millions of others locked up in state prisons. >> sandra: we have to get david if here. >> as a new yorker and somebody who lived since 1980 i saw the dark period. i would talk about the dark period you alluded to when there were 2,200 murders a year in new york city. now there are less than 400. there are abo...

Now calls a huge mistake. but what about the core accusation that the bill led to mass incarceration? well, as this graph shows incarceration had been going up since the 1970s, the biggest jump by far in state prisons thanks to mandatory drug minimums. when joe biden says the bill did not generate mass incarceration hes right in the narrow sense that only 10% of people incarcerated in america served time in federal prisons, but the total number of people in prison did increase overall, impacted ...

>> one two! three! >> every two months, the rapid response teams from santa rosa and three other state prisons come together for training >> one, two, three, four one, two, three, four! >> your left >> its a team comprised of officers to respond to any event that may happen at our correctional facilities for riot control, disturbances or incidents of that nature >> forward, halt >> if we had a large-scale incident, we would want to make sure that we had a complement of officers that could addres...

Over 50 people dedicated for this mission today its good to see everybody coming together, working toward a common goal, several institutions, okaloosa, walton, century, the igs canine what were doing this morning, mass search. our goal is to identify, locate and remove items of contraband, making santa rosa a safer place for the inmates and the staff. >> todays search will cover two housing units and involve officers from santa rosa, three other state prisons, and the states inspector generals ...

The president is trying to address. >> martha: i know its a big week for you. criminal justice reform is something you feel very strongly about. a little bit of pushback from some of your fellow senators. senator kennedy spoke out against it today. he feels like it is going to free people who are danger to society. why do you believe its going to actually make communities safer than ever? >> that is a great question, martha. i grew up in a single-parent household mired in poverty, in a crime-rid...

Return to society are not committing crimes. this bill makes sure that the focus is on reducing recidivism, cutting in half hopefully over the next several years. we know that it works. it worked in texas. they closed eight state prisons. its worked in georgia and south carolina. taking that red state approach. >> martha: bipartisan support and support of the president as well. i know that the opportunity zones are also important to you. i saw the signing of that bill the other day. so your frie...

Recognition amongst a wide variety of folks that the war on drugs has been a failure. we have an overcriminalization problem in america. and a mass incarceration epidemic where we have 5% of the worlds population, and 25% of the worlds incarcerated individuals. as you know, chris, we incarcerate more people in this nati nation, 2.2 million, more than any other country in the world thats outrageous and a scandal. and finally, congress is doing something about it. >> what theyre doing in terms of ...

Nation, 2.2 million, more than any other country in the world thats outrageous and a scandal. and finally, congress is doing something about it. >> what theyre doing in terms of the scale theyre talking about, the vast majority of people behind bars in the u.s. are in state prisons. the federal prison is a small part of that. and the number of people that are going to be directly affected is small. what do you say to that? >> its the end to mass incarceration, an epidemic thats been with us for ...

Job skills and training. those kind of things, they can take a ridder and they can work on those skills so they can go home and be reunited. they can be growing members of their family. this is about people and life and hope. we understand that that is the best time for that. that is what people should be taking away from it. >> we just incarcerated a lot of people in america. most of those people are in state prisons. you have taken some impacts from zaz that has been one of the leading states ...

Romaine was grown, do not eat it. thats what the fda says as it narrows down the source of e. coli to six california counties. the counties are monterrey and santa cruz and ventura counties as well as san luis obispo and santa barbara. romaine lettuce will be labeled with the harvest location and date to help you know if you should avoid the lettuce. dozens of prison inmates in iowa are suing the state claiming denied a constitutional right to porn. 58 inmates filed the suit last month just be...