Like, these are things. Now. Can we tomorrow take that down to where, you know, where we would like to be? No, but can we make strides? Have other states. Have red states done things that have significantly reduced what they're spending on prisons and maybe spend that money at the front end in childcare, in, you know, education? Like, those are the things you're going to deal with it one way or another. We have, you know, for too long. (42:47–42:58)
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Suggests that some red states have reduced prison spending and redirected funds to childcare and education.
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