By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Incarceration rate is one area in which this country shouldnt be leading the world. But we are. It is at an estimated 2. 4 million adults contributing to the profit of privatization of prisons putting profits over rehabilitation. Joining us tonight to talk about it, bryan stevenson. The founder and executive director of the alabamabased equal Justice Initiative which has won major challenges to unfair sentencing as well as for those on death row. Hes a macarthur genius, harvard law. His new book will be out in october. Professor at nyu. Im delighted to be here. Thank you for your work. First of all. Let me judgment in and make of the most time we have with a direct and forthright we. What is wrong with forprove prisons . Everything in america these days seems to be moving in the direction of privatization. Whats wrong with forprofit prisons . I think it is corrupt in our criminal justice system. Our incentive ought
By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Incarceration rate is one area in which this country shouldnt be leading the world. But we are. It is at an estimated 2. 4 million adults contributing to the profit of privatization of prisons putting profits over rehabilitation. Joining us tonight to talk about it, bryan stevenson. The founder and executive director of the alabamabased equal Justice Initiative which has won major challenges to unfair sentencing as well as for those on death row. Hes a macarthur genius, harvard law. His new book will be out in october. Professor at nyu. Im delighted to be here. Thank you for your work. First of all. Let me judgment in and make of the most time we have with a direct and forthright we. What is wrong with forprove prisons . Everything in america these days seems to be moving in the direction of privatization. Whats wrong with forprofit prisons . I think it is corrupt in our criminal justice system. Our incentive ought
Also believe it is a goodfaith proposal that i think will serve the people of our state well for many years to come. We will seek the maximum allowable time under the law for that waiver. Let me say as i close, and then i will finish the formal program but i can catch up with some of you afterwards if you want. I served 12 years in the congress and i served the better part of a year and a half i have become more convinced every day that the cure for what ails our country is going to come more from the nations state capitals than it ever will from the nations capital. At the very core of this waiver request is my belief that many of the most intractable issues facing our country, including health care, can best be solved by giving the states the freedom and flexibility to design programs that can solve the challenges the people of their state are facing in those areas. So we will continue those discussions with federal officials. Im hopeful that we will be able to expand the healthy ind
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