One as well. Mr. Dillard i feel like the work is on the offenders themselves. When i met a lifer who rated difference in my life, throughout my prison sentence i realized how the older inmates tried to encourage the younger ones. I still feel like you cannot leave formerly incarcerated citizens out of the equation. Mr. Ofer i will give two quick examples. There are states that have reduced the risk of solitary confinement without the risk to staff and to inmates. In colorado, 2011 placed 7 of its incarcerated population in solitary confinement. In 2011, colorado place solitary confinement at 7 . Today, its about 1 . We have seen a dramatic decrease in the use of solitary by banning the use of solitary against people with Mental Illness. The second example is bail reform. What weve done in new jersey and what other states are looking at we had 10,000 people sit in jail awaiting their trial because they cannot afford a few thousand dollars in bail. We have completely revamped that system
Man cannot do it all, his staff needs to be on board, is inspirational. I want to make a note on some of the senator carper i would like to listen to you for the rest of the morning, but i would like for you to hold it right there then we will come back to you in the second round. One of the things that attracted to me to a program was the guy who developed that and implemented it in delaware was from ohio state. It came out of columbus, ohio. It worked pretty well. Mr. Dillard, same question. One great example. Piper has given us one, give us one as well. Mr. Dillard i feel like the work is on the offenders themselves. When i met a lifer who rated difference in my life, throughout my prison sentence i realized how the older inmates tried to encourage the younger ones. I still feel like you cannot leave formerly incarcerated citizens out of the equation. Mr. Ofer i will give two quick examples. There are states that have reduced the risk of solitary confinement without the risk to staf
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Are you interested in being a part of booktvs Online Book Club . Every month well feature a different book and author, and youre invited to join. Interested . Send an email to book tv cspan. Org, post a comment on facebook. Com booktv or send us a tweet booktv. Michelle alexander, the author of booktvs first Online Book Club selection, the new jim crow, recently spoke about her book at the university of tennessee. Heres a look at that event. [applause] well, thank you. Thank you so much for this warm welcome. It feels wonderful to be here. I am thrilled to see so many people eager to join if dialogue dialogue [audio difficulty] and it seems fitting that we would have this conversation the day after our nations first black president was sworn in for his second term. Now, i know much of the nation has already moved on, and president obamas soaring rhetoric about the promise of america life, liberty, justice, equality for all has already been forgotten by many, and i know that many, many