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Most of whom are nonviolent offenders. >> america is going to arrest more than 11 million people this year. that's about 21 people a minute. we invest more than $80 billion in this criminal justice just for incarceration. >> the aclu says any real reform has to include a closer examination of the institutions that are responsible for what it calls america's mass incarceration problem. imprisonment still continues to be the government's first response to problems associated with issues of drug addiction, mental health needs, and poverty. about 95% of federal inmates at some point we'll get out....

Luckily states and local governments have a lot of control over our criminal justice system and particularly when it comes to incarceration. most of the people in this country are incarcerated with their state and local governments. so my organization, a lot of the work we're doing is trying to change the laws on a state level so we can make a dent in this mass incarceration problem. that's why we came to louisiana because it is the number one incars ray tor in the world. we want to make a change and we can do that regardless of who is the attorney general inwalk. >> it is amazing that louisia...

Most of our incarcerated people in this country have done so through state and local government. so free america, my organization, a lot of the work we're doing is partnering with these state and local organizations so we can make a dept in this mass incarceration problem we have. and that's why we came to louisiana because it's ground zero for the number one incarceration center in the world. and we want to make a change. >> it is aimation. i grew up in batten rouge. it is amazing louisiana is the number one incarceration capital of the world. i have to ask you why do you think people voted f...

It's hard to be word than it was before. one of the things we're doing, a consent decree for the police department president and sheriff's department, working with the president department of justice to create a fair system. we have a mass incarceration problem that mirrors what the rest of the country has which is something we have to get out of. we have been working hard for the past five years with a plan i put together that's designed to change the city from a city of violence to a city of peace and get to these kids really early and make sure the criminal justice system is working well fo...

>> still to come, donald trump puts his, quote, massive net worth on display in the latest step on prove he is very serious about 2016. plus, former president bill clinton talks about his role in today's mass incarceration problem. and later, i went up in a fire and rescue helicopterer to learn about the fires. this is the story of a family who was constantly on tripadvisor. they would browse through real travellers' photos...