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we here in America make up 5 percent of the world's population
but we make up 25 percent
%uh jatt prisoners even though these
prisoners maybe have been sommersby some court
for some offense should they be behind bars
here's the thing we have now over 3,000
a number must be much higher than that for over 3,000 the
federal crimes at every time the Liberals pass a bill out of you
what it involves they stick criminal sanctions on it
they don't feel that is any way that people are going to keep a law unless
they can put him in jail
and so we have the jails filled with people who like wow
car krummel's and I'm became sort of
hero the hippie culture I guess what I said I think we'll decriminalizing
possession over
maraƱon I i just think it's shocking how many these young people wind up in
prison and they'd get turned into hardcore criminals
because they have had possession a very small amount over
above controlled substance I mean the whole thing is crazy
and we've said well with conservatives with tough-on-crime that's baloney
it's costing us billions and billions of dollars thank you california california
spending more money on prisons
this birdsong Scholes I mean the something wrong about that equation you
know
the something wrong and I think these we need to scrub the federal code and the
state coz
and take away these criminal penalties as restitution
there are all kinds of Iran's the things you could do but putting people in jail
in the
and a huge expense to the population is insanity
well Paul quiet how sports trend tells us about the
a coalition that seems to be agreeing with me on this one
Paul
only about 30 percent of Americans prisoners are considered dangerous
enough to be a threat to society
2.5 million people in prison sixty-two percent the air force of
non-offensive drug convictions that believe combined with a price tag close
to $300 billion dollars
to capture convict in jail those prisoners has folks from both the left
and right
questioning if there's a better smarter way few issues in these divisive times
can bring liberals and conservatives together
but who we choose to punish in how has such a high cost both individuals
and societies: pocketbook that have brought liberals and conservatives
together
in a new joint effort at prison reform PBS talk show host have a smiley
and Princeton professor Cornel West wanna reform a system they believe
switch far too many poor folks and people of color
behind bars while doing little to educate them
swore priorities prisons over education we have to do something about
are these persons who need help as opposed to being locked up that would
have to start groups from across the political spectrum are joining with them
to push for radically changing who america in prisons
how much to spend on incarceration are we getting our money's worth is
what what is the cost benefit analysis when somebody gets sentenced to prison
both sides agree it waste tons a taxpayer dollars plus human capital
as it imprisons and watch people who could otherwise still contribute to
society
the skills they learn to survive inside are violent prisons
make them more dangerous when they get out so we're
undercutting public safety by setting low-risk offenders to prison
it is time to switch time to stop being
toughen stupid it's time to be smart and safe
we have prisons for people are afraid out but we're in Philly I'm with folks
were just mad
to the gentleman who fit in that category of people are not afraid out
but just mad at are here Prison Fellowship
and love them was a white house official in President for the most famous
scandals of the 20th century
watergate lawyer chuck Colson played the role of ruthless operative in richard
nixon's white house
becoming a convict after watergate humbled him and he surrendered his life
to Christ
I was in prison makes all the company I was running the washing machine next
door to the
former Border Roads the German the Board of Directors the American Medical
Association
joining them dryer calls and says they lost their freedom
and society lost a lot to as the duo did nothing but washing dry clothes
Bros ridiculous are you could have been helping inmates who were portlet legal
services or former inmates
he could have been delivering babies in the city the
all kinds of alternatives the prison fellowship founder bleach crime has to
be punished
the text will not be published in the process what you put a guy like me in
prison use
burning forty thousand dollars a year to support that person
he's not producing a plane he could be producing things and paying back as
victims
restitution Prison Fellowship vice president Pat Nolan
once led the republicans in the California Assembly before pleading
guilty to a federal corruption charge
and going to prison he says nonviolent offenders like he was
can still be useful if they're punished out in the community
they can support their family they can keep a job they can pay taxes
so some states with tough-on-crime texas taking the lead
are working to turn things around the goal in prison only the truly dangerous
while punishing and rehabilitating everyone else on the outside
in over a billion dollars they've saved already Texas
really Ground Zero for cooperation
between arm tea party activists
and NAACP activist on these issues
they're able to take three prisons of the table that they had in the budget
and use that money
for drug treatment programs and mental health facilities
for people in the community a 30 2012 that two-thirds vote went to help solve
their budget problems
this coalition up left and right points out the state you're saving money
they're also seen their crime rates dropped lower than the state to keep
building more prisons
and the fact these reforms have brought left and right together still raises
eyebrows
like those are the legislator who once cornered colson he said I thought your
conservative was that I am
he said but argue for lock 'em opposite happened but but not doing any danger to
me
I just one look up dangerous people Paul Strand CBN news reporting from prison
fellowship
Lansdowne Virginia baseball a set
on a task force are all Brians
attorney general health form to call her on victims of violent crime
we heard testimony all over the country things that are happening in hand one
testimony in Washington strikers as I recall this person said there about 560
really violent people here that this chicken if we lock them up there with a
also be fun
you know the wouldn't have the problem either the the crime but they wouldn't
be the
terrible was a lie for the things that are happening at the latest concentrated
on these really violent people
and and that's what is needed we had a tremendous prison ministry are here to
see me and I was down rayford
spoke to that Max or security prison and so those people
and listen post with this up about this with just that to change the laws we
cannot allow this to continue it is sapping our vitality
but thank you this great land of freedom we have the highest rate of
incarceration that any nation on the face of the earth
that's shocking statistics statistics
and what is it we're doing is different what we're doing is turning a buncha
liberals lows
write laws and the same like the there's this punitive spirit they always want to
punish people will
you couldn't do that with restitution or the nicest things
that we found all the best things as his if
a person hurt someone then eat let that person confront the one that they have
injury
and then work to restore what has been taken away
if that person has been injured then let that the
offender work to earn the money to pay the hospital bill
wanna my associates on this it is like the lily is in Jesus parable is that
they needed
told me they do they spend they don't do anything is senator phil is present
they love and okay is for changes times I
so up all these geyser but the statistics
that are pretty clear I mean something has to be done in
and ought to be done quickly it's been like this for a long time well i me
more more prisons more more crime and and more rain is just shocking
especially
this business about drug offenses I mean it's time we stop locking up people full
possession of marijuana I mean he it we just can't do it anymore
weekend as picker and shoes are drugs of choice should I you don't lock them up
for bows and I'll
now that the less they kill somebody on the highway
attack okay