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People are released from jail everyday without a job, an education or a place to live. New software in Davidson County's jails is helping inmates be more prepared.
A new program will give Mississippi inmates more opportunities for a high-paying career after serving their time.
Weren't safer. it was costing $700 million a year just that louisiana, third only to education and health care. we couldn't afford it. >> in 2017, edwards, a democrat in the deep south, signed bipartisan criminal justice reform legislation, the most ambitious in the state's history. you have actually reduced your prison population? >> we have. but we are number two in the country at present. and it's a process. >> to see this happen in a deep red state, law and order south, is pretty stunning to a lot of folks. would you agree? >> it is. it's counter intuitive that you can overincarcerate and ...
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Million over the next decade. some of that money will be invested into re-entry programs for those coming home. an important investment because every week an average of 12,000 prisoners in america are released back to society. >> 95% of the inmates are going to get out. and when you do next to nothing to prepare them for successful re-entry, then you are creating a future that is more riddled with crime. >> but louisiana's reforms focus on nonviolent offenders. so what about violent offenders? like the juvenile lifer group i met, or the men dying in hospice. we clearly met people in that priso...