Shri Thanedar: “Almost $2.5 billion [is] spent on our prison system.”

“Well, look, of the $56 billion budget that we have for state of Michigan, we have about 8 to 10 billion discretionary funds. And of that 25% of that, Almost $2.5 billion [is] spent on our prison system. And we need a prison reform. We're putting locking up people that have opioid addiction. We're locking up people for small possession of marijuana.” (04:22–04:28)

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