It is time to invest in these programs and ensure that we are giving ALL children the chance to succeed.
So while some people absolutely deserve prison time, our goal should be to give them as little as necessary to accomplish the purposes of se...
We have a unique moment, a bipartisan momentum for true, I mean, true reform, and it is ours to seize.
The State Justice Act just introduced by Representatives Sensenbrenner and Bobby Scott is a good example of legislation that would reduce th...
We must do better, and we can. We cannot stand by while these alarming disparities and destructive cycles persist generation after generatio...
My time in prison reaffirmed my belief that the only way Congress can improve public safety while reducing costs is to reform Federal senten...
As appealing as these policies may sound, their impact has overloaded our prisons.
It incorporates the work of the Over-Criminalization Task Force.
I believe that we need to be investing a lot in the beginning of this experience and that is in the mother's stomach.
The only way that I think that we will eliminate that cycle... is if we deal with it holistically.
I am very concerned about as many alternatives as possible to juvenile incarceration.