Karen Bass actually said...

"Today, women will no longer be overlooked in the criminal justice conversation."

"After decades of policies that led to mass incarceration, we are finally at a point of examining the policies and the consequences."

"Crimes committed against children, the most innocent and the most vulnerable Members of our society, should stick with us, they should haunt us, and then they should spur us to take action."

"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."