Karen Bass actually said...

"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."

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

"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."

"As a result of Subcommittee Chair Bass' leadership, Congress finally passed legislation implementing reforms at the Federal level, that ban shackling during pregnancy and require the provision of femi..."