Year into indefinite detention people are willing to confess to anything in order to get there case moved into the court system. You see people get to court and want to repudiate their confession. Of course, what does the court turned around and do . You cant repudiate. Repudiate. I think that it is true that we didnt we do tend to assume that people detained are guilty. If you look at the number, in fact, it is not actually true. There is an earlier stage in which they accept the case. They used to give us those numbers in the annual report they have stopped doing it for whatever reason, but in the old days about half of those initially investigated never ended up with an indictment. What i assume is lot of those people end up getting an administrative punishment because it is determined they have not really committed a major offense. What we dont know is how many of those people get off because they are determined to be not guilty. But i think you are absolutely right. When it hits t
A captive audience. You can work with them in so many different ways to make sure that you do more and get that recidivism rate down to the 20 percent where taxpayers are no longer paying 30 some thought to 530 some odd thousand dollars a year to house these people. It is a win win for everyone involved. The notion of talking about reentry and figuring out Practical Solutions is something we need to continue to dialogue as we go forward. Thank you for that. We have time for two really good and short questions. [applauding] [inaudible question] and if you look at the issue of wrongful convictions, it is clear that wrongful convictions more likely affect africanamericans and other minority groups. So if we we are talking about bringing an end to mass incarceration, shouldnt we be talking about bringing an end to wrongful convictions . I think we would like to invite a comment on that. Just before we get there, before you get to the prosecutor you often get to lineups and things like that
Heard of that. We all remember typhoid mary of lore and she had the ability to infect people. Do your typhoid marys have the ability to infect people when theyre asymptomatic . We dont know. Thats the question. Typhoid mary, in the case of her, she was dealing with a bacterial infection. Right. What i do know for a fact, there have been a number of asymptomatic nonfebrill people whose blood has been drawn and they tested positive. I think there is something about the pcr test. In medicine, you never say 100 . The thing with ebola, if you dont bat 1 wh00 every day, it exposed. My point is we need go to africa and fight the disease over there and keep it contained. Two of your doctors were infected and werent sure why. We had two nurses in dallas and were infected and were not sure why. That underscores there is a lot more not known about this disease and is known and i would extend that to mr. Waxman, we all need humility on this. And what you did in dallas to have good discipline to wh
This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Would evening, ladies and gentlemen. I think we will get started. We are expecting lots more people, that we dont know what the traffic or the subway situation is. I am susan jones, i am also the director of the museum of the city of new york. I am so delighted to welcome you all here for this program. Women rebels, Margaret Sanger and the birthcontrol movement at 100, tonight, author and journalist Katha Pollitt will lead a conversation with activists and scholars. A singer viagra for, loretta ross and historian linda gordon. To mark the 100th anniversary of the Movement Possible origin in 1914, table discuss sangers legacy and the birthcontrol movement for activists today. I really do thank cspan for recognizing the importance, and being here to record tonights program. This is part of our ongoing activist new york series. All of which are sponsored by the puffin foundation. Our series is done in conjunction with an exhibition on the second floor
localcontent. Youre watching American History tv. All weekend, every weekend on cspan. Up next, a discussion about the 20th century Birth Control advocate Margaret Sanger and her legacy. We hear from a panel of historians, activists, and her own grandson. They discuss the impact of race, social class, and politics on the birthcontrol movement. This is about an hour and 20 minutes. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I think we will get started. We are expecting lots more people, but we dont know what the traffic or the subway situation is. I am Susan Henshaw jones, i am also the Ronay Menschel director of the museum of the city of new york. I am so delighted to welcome you all here for this program. Women rebels, Margaret Sanger and the birthcontrol movement at 100. Tonight, author and journalist Katha Pollitt will lead a conversation with activists and scholars of the productive Rights Movement. Sanger biographer, Ellen Chesler, reproductive justice activist loretta ross, and historia