mentoring and drug addiction treatment. today s roundtable, part of an initiative spearheaded by jared kushner, whose father served 14 months in prison for tax evasion among other offenses. the gathering, designed to build upon bipartisan and faith-based efforts to reshape the way the country prepares ex-convicts for life on the outside. we need to do more than simply remove people from society. kentucky s governor says the need for reform is acute. the workforce in america demands this. it s begging for this. there are millions of jobs that need to be filled. other u.s. federal prison publishing has decreased by almost 100,000 100,000 inmate e 2,000 and, they re still nearly 1.5 million nationwide. worse, the number of women behind bars is up over 4,000 since 2012. one in four of whom are pregnant or single parents when they enter the system. you see what s happening to so many women in the country and single mothers who are to raise her family.