Its produced some good results. We know on a primary level that the numbers have been reduced. We know that now we have probably some of the greatest reductions in terms of input into the state prison system that we have seen since the 1980s. That is a positive step and it shows what we have accomplished through Public Safety realignment. What is also presented in the state of california is the manner in which we have had to reapproach what we do when it comes to issues related to arrest, prosecutions and more important than that what happens after prosecution and after so the last comments i want to talk to you all about is what i think ultimately is the most important issue when we talk about the issue of general mass incarceration. Its not enough just to talk about how do we stop putting people in the system, there are some people who must be prosecuted. There some people who must go to jail. The issue instead is what about preventing people from going to jail in the first place by
Was born and raised in new orleans. I am the second youngest u. S. Attorney fry now in our country and happen to have lost a brother to street violence in new orleans. We are using the student pledge against gun violence where we are going to all 450 schools on one day, october 15 of 28. Were simply asking the young people to pledge not to bring a gun to school. Weaponomise not to use a and promised to use the influence with family and friends to ensure those individuals to not use a weapon to resolve a fight or dispute. Since 1996. Around over 10 million have used this and taken the pledge. I think ultimately on that day send a veryd powerful message that our young people are taking a stand against violence in the community and schools. The second piece of the work in terms of prevention and intervention really is and how shoot. Have a prevention strategy built off of professor kennedys work. It is a fantastic initiative. It has been implemented in various cities across the country. W
Perspective on the problem in california are state prison population skyrocketed about 750 from 20,000 prisoners in the 1970s from 1975 to over 172,000 by 2006 and that is what led us to much of the prison litigation some of which is still ongoing today. That by court order requires a state of california to reduce its prison population and that is what leads us to what the economist has described as probably one of the most significant experiments in criminal justice which is something in california recall Public Safety realignment. Many of you here being experts in the field are familiar with it but Public Safety realignment is as John Peter Celia has described as a titanic shift in the criminal justice system. A law called a. D. 109 shifted the primary responsibility for incarceration in the state of california from the state prison system to the local counties. It localized essentially our criminal justice system. By doing so you did a couple of things. One, first and foremost is th
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