This comes at a time where the economy is better, unemployment's gone down. Can you square that for us? Well, yes, one thing that I know does not match, and that is the fact that We've been reducing our prison population. 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. (07:30–07:33)
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