Karen Bass actually said...

"We should be vigilant in determining the causes of increasing female incarceration rates in this country."

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

"So, I am glad to see that there is interest and support on the issue from both sides of the aisle."

"I think it is clear, and statistics would back up, that women are arrested, not 100 percent, but a high percentage of women are arrested and incarcerated because of their relationships with men."