Lisa Murkowski actually said...

"Building more prisons is not the answer for us in Alaska, it's not the answer for us in the country."

"Our justice system is not viewed as a path of hope. If anything, it is viewed as just a revolving door of commitment to despair."

"Alaska Native people make up 15 percent of our state's population, but they constitute about 36 percent of all prisoners."

"It's not just a Federal responsibility, it's not just a State responsibility, but I do believe it's the responsibility of government to foster community based systems of justice no matter what they ar..."