Jessica Ramos: “We certainly keep splitting families apart.”

“… be providing to each and every person who, who is in our so called correction system. I have no idea what it is that we've been correcting in this state. We certainly keep splitting families apart. We certainly seem to exacerbate the reasons for which people created those small mistakes or big mistakes in the first place. People commit crime out of necessity and out of mental illness.” (01:00–01:04)

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