"My main takeaway from the conference is that everything within our system needs to be re-evaluated to reduce local jail populations and provide speedy and fair due process for Americans — our outdated laws, policing practices, bail assessments, pretrial services (or lack there of) and sentencing practices. If we want to stop building jails at a higher rate than schools, we’re going to have to change the way we look at the criminal justice system and the people in it."
Smoky Mountain News
July 18, 2018
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