Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120908:15:38:00
Of people in prison currently that would have benefited from treatment on the front end rather than being put in the justice system without treatment at all. if you look at new york, california and texas, three states that were closely compared to each other in terms of the prison rate just 15, 20 years ago. new york state invested heavily in alternatives to incarceration and now we are reaping the benefit. the prison population is down 20% and the crime is down in new york. whereas you look at california and the judges are essentially telling them you have to get 30,000, 40,000 people of out ...
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