Well, first off, we need to deal with the shortage of. Of criminal defense bar. That'll take indigent cases. It's reckoned counties across our state that We have people sitting, waiting for their case, for their preliminary hearing to get held because we're having trouble finding someone that'll take this case. It's wrong that they're sitting warehoused for that. That's something we need to address. But deeper than that, look at the reason why so many of them there, like I talked about, it's mental health problems, it's substance abuse disorder. (28:43–28:52)
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