this problem, we not only have to help fund police, but what can we do the rest of us, to make sure we are providing early education to these kids, make sure we are reforming our criminal justice system so it is not just a pipeline from schools to prisons so we are not rendering men in these communities unemployable because of a felony record for nonviolent drug offense, the we are making investments so they can get the training they need to find jobs. that is hard. that requires more than the occasional news report or taskforce. a bunch of my agenda that will make a difference right now in that under no illusion we will get massive in urban
as usual. if we are serious about solving this problem, we have not only to help the police but think about what can we do the rest of us to make sure that we re providing early education to these kids. to make sure we re reforming our criminal justice system so it s not just a pipeline from schools to prisons. so that we re not rendering men in these communities unemployable because of a felony record for a non violent drug offense. that we re making investments so they can get the training they need to find jobs. that s hard. that requires more than just the occasional news report or task force. and there s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference now. i m under no illusion under this congress we re going to get massive investments in urban
police, we re going to have to think about what can we do, the rest of us, to make sure that we re providing early education to the kids, to make sure that we re reforming our criminal justice system so it s not just a pipeline from schools to prisons. so that we re not rendering men in these communities unemployable because of a felony record for a nonviolent drug offense. that we re making investments so they can get the training they need to find jobs. that s hard. that requires more than just the occasional news report or task force. and there s a bunch of my agenda that would make a difference right now in that. i m under no illusion that under this congress we re going to get massive investments in urban communities. and so we ll try to find areas where we can make a difference around school reform and around
live, realtime experiments, you have states taking a radical policy departure, and i wonder whether you and other fellow governors and legislators are thinking about this in an empirical sense of what happens in colorado and washington? i suppose you never say never, right? but the early work doesn t convince me yet, and i m not convinced, based on everything i m seeing and hearing and i don t think states should be going down this road simply for the tax revenue. i think that s the wrong idea, wrong headedness. on the other hand, i have a very aggressive program for recreation of a second chance at society. in connecticut, we tripled our prison population between 1985 and 2008. and it really was not in our best interest, i think, in many ways. we ended up with many, many people having, not only a criminal record and a felony record, but being incarcerated, which makes education, housing
in connecticut we tripled our prison population between 1985 and 2008. and it really was not in our best interest i think, in many ways. we ended up with many many people having not only a criminal record and a felony record, but being incarcerated, which makes education, housing and employment almost impossible or very difficult to accomplish. and i m arguing that we need to treat, for instance other possessions of drugs as a misdemeanor, as opposed to a felony. i think we need to untie the hands of judges and let them decide what the best treatment for someone in those circumstances is. governor dannel malloy thank you for joining us. thank you. pop some popcorn, because i ll myth busting ahead. plus one of the best moments from march madness. all that is next. right through tough messes and pick up more. huh aren t we clever.. thanks m aam.