Bobby Scott actually said...

One study showed that African Americans that drop out of high school have about a one-third chance of being in jail when they are 26 to 30 years old.

Scott discusses the correlation between high school dropout rates and incarceration among African Americans.

05/11/2009

More Bobby Scott Quotes

We cannot--we cannot--perpetuate a system in which people have nowhere to go other than a life of crime.

We think we have gotten rid of debtors prison, but it is alive and well in our Nation.

A child with an incarcerated father is more likely to be suspended from school than a peer without an incarcerated father.

Now is the time for criminal justice reform, and the SAFE Justice Act delivers the change necessary to enact fairness in sentencing.