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A captive audience. You can work with them in so many different ways to make sure that you do more and get that recidivism rate down to the 20 percent where taxpayers are no longer paying 30 some thought to 530 some odd thousand dollars a year to house these people. It is a win win for everyone involved. The notion of talking about reentry and figuring out Practical Solutions is something we need to continue to dialogue as we go forward. Thank you for that. We have time for two really good and short questions. [applauding] [inaudible question] and if you look at the issue of wrongful convictio...

Your specific term. I just want to say this, that the word institutionalization, for these programs, is not one that weve started talking about as a community, say, in the last six months. Under the leadership of the agac, the attorney generals advisory committee, our first chairman was todd jones who had been a former u. S. Attorney in the late 1990s. He came back he said he is a recidivist came back as u. S. Attorney again starting in 2008. Todd preached from day one in institutionalization. Paul did as well, Loretta Lynch as well. Lanny wanted to respond though. I was just going to give an ...

Was born and raised in new orleans. I am the second youngest u. S. Attorney fry now in our country and happen to have lost a brother to street violence in new orleans. We are using the student pledge against gun violence where we are going to all 450 schools on one day, october 15 of 28. Were simply asking the young people to pledge not to bring a gun to school. Weaponomise not to use a and promised to use the influence with family and friends to ensure those individuals to not use a weapon to resolve a fight or dispute. Since 1996. Around over 10 million have used this and taken the pledge. I...

Perspective on the problem in california are state prison population skyrocketed about 750 from 20,000 prisoners in the 1970s from 1975 to over 172,000 by 2006 and that is what led us to much of the prison litigation some of which is still ongoing today. That by court order requires a state of california to reduce its prison population and that is what leads us to what the economist has described as probably one of the most significant experiments in criminal justice which is something in california recall Public Safety realignment. Many of you here being experts in the field are familiar with...

Mentoring approach and take it into new orleans at this point. The other one is a question. Hether you try to save money but indeed the reindustry program is more than rehabilitation. And many of the people who have been in prison come out and become social workers, p. H. D. s and not realize many times they get converted and they bim more substantial. We need to get the measures out. [applause] ok. Thank you. And were going to wrap up. Im getting im sure they have a big hook someone that theyll eventually pull me out with. I want to thank my great colleagues on the panel. [applause] its alway...