So I embraced an upstream mindset at the beginning of my administration. And what did that look like doing dyslexia screening in our schools? I'm dyslexic, and I was undiagnosed until I got to college. 30 to 40% of our inmates that are in our prisons and jails are dyslexic. Right. That means that instead of giving them the services that they deserve so they could be functioning in our society, we wait until they believe they're dumb and they commit predatory crimes and end up in our jails. (19:14–19:20)
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Asserts that 30 to 40% of inmates in New York City are dyslexic.
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