There's a ton of pressure on us to sign those bills, go back to our districts, and be like, I'm tough on crime. When all the data says just the opposite. All the data says that if we're locking more people up, you know, from our crimes for more years, that actually increases the crime rate. because as we sever somebody from their community, they're more likely to be rearrested and to, you know, and go back to jail, back to prison on the other end of that. (27:51–27:58)
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