it s a clear violation of human rights. these folks are sentenced to their term for the crime they committed. many nonviolent offenders who go in nonviolently, for whatever, often because of the war on drugs, and come out a different person because they had nothing to there to help them get past what they were dealing with in the prison setting. you didn t just do this as a policy exercise, you did it as you wrote, a personal exercise, the differences between you and some of the folks in the prisons in washington, d.c., you re a politician, they re not. you have a job, they don t. wealth and class and personal life may be a difference. also race. you re white, 91% of the prison population in washington, d.c. is black. that s right. and really, the policies that have been in place for decade asks decades in this country, not just in the district but throughout the country, have put a disproportionate impact on african-americans. the war on drugs is just one example. we also have the
that mean for my community, and how do i prepare best to welcome these return citizens back to the city, and what s happening in the prisons is not just and it s a clear violation of human rights. these folks are sentenced to their term for the crime they committed. many nonviolent offenders who go in nonviolently, for whatever, often because of the war on drugs, and come out a different person because they had nothing to there to help them get past what they were dealing with in the prison setting. you didn t just do this as a policy exercise, you did it as you wrote, a personal exercise, the differences between you and some of the folks in the prisons in washington, d.c., you re a politician, they re not. you have a job, they don t. wealth and class and personal life may be a difference. also race. you re white, 91% of the prison population in washington, d.c. is black. that s right. and really, the policies that have been in place for decade asks decades in this country, not jus