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Robin steinberg founded the bail project for those that can't afford bail stay out of prison. and a brush with prison as a young woman led to a life of activism for topeka sam, founder of the ladies of hope ministries, helping women get what they need. she created hope house offering women support and safety as they transition back into society. good to have both of you join the panel. i want to talk to you about the idea of bail. there are almost half a million people sitting pretrial sitting in jail for the only reason they can't afford a thousand bucks for bail. >> that's true. that's the t...

To 18 to 1, but they wouldn't let him make it retroactive. tonight the senate voted to make it retroactive, which means there are 3,000 people sitting in prison right now who will get to come home soon because they're serving outdated, unfair sentences. "the new york times" calls this the biggest breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation, and it was brought about by ordinary people who came together and fought. and i just want to say, formerly incarcerated people, directly impacted people like topeka sam, jessica jackson, louis reed, david safavian, and frankly jared kushner, whose fath...

Communities, why are we throwing people in prison and expecting things to change? we're doing it because prison is big business. people are getting money through the prison industrial complex. people are losing their families, more debt and it's not helping. so that is not a way to rehabilitate, that's not a way to pay debt, it's not a way to allow people to transform their lives. if you reinvest money into programming within the communities from the beginning then a lot of these things would not be happening to begin with. >> topeka sam, thank you so much for shedding some light. >> thank you...