probably know that the u.s. has 5 pshz of the world s population and 28% of the world s incarcerated population. we have not improved communities, made communities safer, we have not reduced recidivism. that s why the first step act is trying to move us in the right direction. as you mentioned a thieu minutes ago there are some pieces of this legislation that would help those who are behind bars such as eliminating the shackling of pregnant women in federal frichb and providing free men truly products to women behind bars in a federal prison. the real issue is what is missing from this meal. that is meaningful sentencing reform. the first step act is trying to reduce rescidivisrecidivism. that s why we are pressing for meaningful sentencing reform. instead of pressing for this first step act.
women are the fastest growing population in the jails and prisons. america s home to only about 5% of the world s female population, but we house in our prison about 30% of all the women incarcerated in the world. from 1980-2014, the population of women behind bars went up by 700%, more than 82% of the women who are locked up are already victims of physical or sexual abuse, and when they get to prison, more trauma awaits. in one year, more than 13,000 women said they have been sexually victimized and that s just the reported cases in one year alone. and black women report the highest rates of abuse. several states are now dealing with major scandals including rampant sexual abuse of the inmates by the paid staff. and beyond the assaults, women suffer even more horrific humiliations. when women give birth behind
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.
denying that that happened. and it is under this web where his son, donald trump jr., literally entered into a meeting hoping to col include with that foreign power. so on the domestic issue, you recently unveiled a new bill with senator elizabeth warren called the dignity for incarcerated women act aiming to make a series of common sense reforms to how the federal prison system treats incarcerated women in orders to reduce the negative impact incarceration has on the families of women behind bars. this administration and jeff sessions in particular is taking a law and order approach to many criminal justice questions. do you think the president would sign this bill if it got to his desk? first of all, thank you for bringing that up. we as a country need to own up to the crisis within our criminal justice system. most americans don t understand the fastest growing group of people incarcerated are one-third, one out of they re free incarcerated women is here
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