They basically believe no new jails, no imprisonment, which is just bizarre to me. I believe in alternatives to incarceration whenever possible. When you get a person into a program, et cetera. I actually reduced the prison population in the state of New York. I closed more prisons. Prisons than any governor in history because we brought down crime and we had alternatives to incarceration. But you can't have no jails. (42:55–42:59)
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