Karen Bass actually said...

"Much more must be done to improve the conditions for women in Federal and State prisons and jails, and I hope this will also be a bipartisan priority."

"It is critical that we understand how and why women become involved in the system, what happens to them when they are incarcerated, and what their trajectory is once released."

"What has been missing from the discussion of criminal justice reform is the special and specific impact the tough-on-crime era has had on women and children."

"there is no place else I would rather be than at the center of the fight, the existential fight that we are doing in our country right now."