Phil Weiser: “Colorado's rate at which someone leaves prison, reenters…”

“I want to give you a different take on this, Matt. That's really important to me. We have spent a lot of money on prisons because we're failing to do smart management around reentry. Colorado's rate at which someone leaves prison, reenters society, ends up back in prison in three years. That's. Helping people re enter society. We'd be safer as a society. We'd be saving money on prisons and people would build a better life.” (06:19–06:26)

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