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Andy Beshear: “Our recidivism rate is getting lower and lower because of…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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It's because they're hungry. And then we get, we get ones like justice involved population. Those are our inmates. And we've got more skilled trades. We're teaching in prisons right now. Our recidivism rate is getting lower and lower because of [more skilled trades being taught in prisons]. it. I believe in second chances, but inmates call themselves inmates and so does everybody else. So we've got to be. (15:34–15:37)

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Asserts that teaching skilled trades in prisons is reducing recidivism rates.

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