Karen Bass: “Crime is up all over the country regardless of whether…”

“And you cannot make a link between that and the rise in crime. And the reason I say that is because Crime is up all over the country regardless of whether there's been changes in criminal justice policy. One of my big areas of focus is if we are going to now address mass incarceration and let people out of prison, we need to make sure that they reintegrate into society in an appropriate way.” (07:38–07:45)

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