the progressives are always talking about those types of reforms, what is scary the fact that people in the middle bought into that talk, we enacted some of those reforms, until federal prison population is a small fraction of overall population, but federal government does impacts what state legislatures do, they have really begun in a very magnified way, begun to enact these kinds of reforms in colorado, legislature decriminalized fentanyl. 4 ounces, that could kill thousands of people and they decriminalized that to help those who are addicted to this terrible drug. they didn t recognize the victims of this terrible drug who are dying in the nation. trey: congressman, you are one of these area souls, you were a state and
and destruction on their in 33 people are currently serving life sentences in dutch prisons, that s 0.3% of the country s inmates, compared to 7% of-crime in the netherlands reduszed by nearly 39%. there s some evidence that this pragmatism was catching on. 40 years into america s war on crime, prosecutors were encouraged to pursue lenient sentencing, for the first time in decades, the federal prison population went down, but sessions speededly reduced the obama-era guidance. he complained about the slight reduction in the federal prison population. it is a factor, i think in
to bring destruction on their inmates, the dutch system is built on bringing convicts back to society. that s 0.3% of the country. and none of this translated to an increase in crime frlment. in the netherlands it was reduced at least 33%. with the failure in the u.s. to its approach to crime, we seemed to learn from our mistakes. for the first time if decades, the federal prison population went down. in nashville, president trump complained about the slight reduction in the federal prison population.
and zeros. first up, someone trying to change a startling statistic. america is the world s largest jailer. just fiv5% of the world s population, we incarcerate a quarter of the world s prisoners. eric holder reducing the average sentence for drug dealers by about one year. this would decrease the federal prison population by nearly 6,500 inmates over the next five years. he is also working with republicans in congress to eliminate mandatory minimums for nonviolent drug crimes. holder has said prison reform is also a civil rights issue. african-americans account for 13% of the u.s. population, but they make up 37% of the prison population. so for taking a stand on our overreliance on incarceration, eric holder is our hero today. on the other hand, let s take a look at a case of deadly corporate greed. late yesterday, gm said it knew
candidate and tea party ron paul has found a new way to stay in touch with the public. he s starting his own channel on the internet. it will not be free. subscribers will have to pay 9.95 a month to gain access. that s $9.95 to make that clear. we want to tune in to eric hold r. he s speaking in san francisco about his prison reform plan. let s listen. as a nation we are coldly efficient in our incarceration efforts. while the u.s. population has increased ant a third since 1980, the federal prison population has grown by an astonishing rate by almost 800%. it s still growing. despite the fact that federal prisons are operating at nearly 40% above capacity. even though this country compromises 5% of the