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Bernie Sanders Explains How Free College Can End Mass Incarceration
Senator Bernie Sanders drew a clear line between two of his major campaign interests — education and criminal justice reform — in his opening comments at the BET 2015 Presidential Justice Forum on Saturday (Nov. 21), making clear that his goals involve addressing several of the major intersections his supporters care about.
Referring to the number of people in United States prisons — 25 percent of the world’s prison population comes out of in the U.S. — as “an international disgrace,” the presidential candidate goes on to examine how the systemic failures of our education system contribute to the larger failures of our criminal justice system.
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http://www.mtv.com/news/2549384/ber...dential-justice-incarceration-prison-college/
Senator Bernie Sanders drew a clear line between two of his major campaign interests — education and criminal justice reform — in his opening comments at the BET 2015 Presidential Justice Forum on Saturday (Nov. 21), making clear that his goals involve addressing several of the major intersections his supporters care about.
Referring to the number of people in United States prisons — 25 percent of the world’s prison population comes out of in the U.S. — as “an international disgrace,” the presidential candidate goes on to examine how the systemic failures of our education system contribute to the larger failures of our criminal justice system.
Read more
http://www.mtv.com/news/2549384/ber...dential-justice-incarceration-prison-college/