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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.68,0:00:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is John, and I'm incarcerated\Nright here in Monroe Correctional Complex.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.89,0:00:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to talk to you about \Nchanging the prison paradigm.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.15,0:00:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To do this, we must address \Nthe misconceptions that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.37,0:00:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about crime and incarceration.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.96,0:00:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see we think\Nthat crime is the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.78,0:00:27.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is the pains of crime\Nare really a symptom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.09,0:00:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning us of a problem in our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.99,0:00:34.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much like pain in your left arm \Nor a tightness in your chest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.48,0:00:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a shortness of breath is a symptom\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.14,0:00:40.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,warning you there's a problem\Nwith your heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.68,0:00:45.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that same sense, there's a problem\Nin the hearts of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.13,0:00:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see in the racial disproportionalities\Nof our justice system
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.43,0:00:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the failings\Nof our educational system
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.35,0:00:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our socioeconomic inequalities.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.24,0:00:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many crimes are merely symptoms\Nof these problems
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.83,0:01:03.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trying to solve them through\Nmass incarceration is not the cure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.33,0:01:08.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's like taking aspirin to ease\Nthe symptoms of a heart attack,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.18,0:01:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which will work, temporarily,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.53,0:01:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it will not fix the problem,\Nwhich is the heart.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.31,0:01:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that same sense, there's a problem\Nin the heart of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.67,0:01:26.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, what do we do about this?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.56,0:01:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I've been here the last 16 years\NI saw so many men, children,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.13,0:01:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming in and out of this \Nrevolving door we call prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.24,0:01:41.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In my experience, lack of education\Nis at the heart of the many problems
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.16,0:01:42.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lead to prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.70,0:01:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you will, raise your hand\Nif you believe that lack of education
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.02,0:01:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,contributes to incarceration\Nand recidivism.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.37,0:01:56.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, well if we all believe\Nthere's a direct correlation
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.62,0:01:59.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between lack of education\Nand incarceration
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.34,0:02:01.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as the rate of recidivism,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.80,0:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why don't we turn prisons into schools?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.47,0:02:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.32,0:02:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That way, we can address\Nthe symptoms, which is crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.66,0:02:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at the same time address what many\Nwould call the heart of the problem:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.56,0:02:22.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lack of education.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.74,0:02:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, yeah. I said,\N"Turn prisons into schools."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.07,0:02:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did I get your attention?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.39,0:02:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me tell you how\Nthis idea came to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.99,0:02:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was around nine years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.73,0:02:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bunch of friends and I were trashing\Nthis empty lot in my neighborhood:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.88,0:02:39.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,breaking bottles,\Nkicking over potted plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.39,0:02:43.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was this old wooden shack\Nwe used to practice our karate on,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.81,0:02:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to break the boards.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.67,0:02:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of us really knew karate though.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.89,0:02:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then one of my friends' grandmothers\Ncaught us, Mrs. Alice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.51,0:02:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She called our parents, asked\Nfor permission to deal with us herself.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.28,0:03:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if you've ever had your parents called\Non you, you know how bad this is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.93,0:03:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.16,0:03:08.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I found out this elderly woman\Nwould be in charge of my punishment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.66,0:03:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I figured I'd get off easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.99,0:03:12.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy, was I mistaken.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.94,0:03:13.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.81,0:03:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You want to talk about misconceptions:\Nthis sweet old lady was tough as nails.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.82,0:03:21.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come to find out,\Nthat wasn't just an empty lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.18,0:03:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a rundown community garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.17,0:03:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said our punishment\Nwas we had to fix it up.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.93,0:03:33.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next thing I know, my friends' allowance\Nmoney, even my paper route money
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.77,0:03:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was going to pay for dirt,\Nseed, and fertilizer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.50,0:03:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She even made us pay for, print up,\Nand pass out flyers in our neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.02,0:03:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,explaining what we did wrong\Nand how we planned to atone for it
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.59,0:03:47.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by renovating this garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.37,0:03:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, amazingly enough,\Nour community came out and helped.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.23,0:03:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We grew corn, lettuce, cabbage, potatoes;\NI loved the tomatoes.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.42,0:04:00.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We even turned that old wooden\Nshack into a greenhouse.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.90,0:04:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned a lot about cultivating\Nbut more importantly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.14,0:04:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned not just what I did wrong\Nbut why it was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.92,0:04:11.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned how good it felt to do the right\Nthing and give back in a real way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.20,0:04:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How amazing it felt that my community\Nbelieved enough and cared enough
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.40,0:04:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to invest and impart these values to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.95,0:04:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the strangest thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.46,0:04:24.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That wasn't just a garden to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.99,0:04:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was my punishment;\Nit was also a school for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.73,0:04:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This, this is what we need\Nto do in prisons today.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.63,0:04:37.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm not saying we should call\Npeople's grandmothers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.38,0:04:39.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But could you imagine that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.89,0:04:43.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A bunch of grandmas shuffling around,\Nsnatching up prisoners by their ears?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.79,0:04:45.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.26,0:04:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, what I do mean, is we need\Nto cultivate a place of learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.46,0:04:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a place where prisoners\Ncan work with the community
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.91,0:04:56.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give back in a real way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.46,0:05:01.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In that garden Mrs. Alice taught me\Nthe whole purpose of punishment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.36,0:05:06.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was to teach me, to educate me,\Nso that I made different choices.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.80,0:05:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I thought about it, I realized\Nyet another misconception that we have.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.12,0:05:19.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Mrs. Alice, prisons are supposed \Nto be teaching a lesson, educating,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.82,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that these men and women\Nmake better choices in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.91,0:05:27.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But somehow we've become so fixated \Non the punishment part,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.95,0:05:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're missing the whole point.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.78,0:05:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I thought about it, it hit me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.96,0:05:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I saw it as clear as day.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.46,0:05:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just for a moment, imagine,\Nif we turned prisons into schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.37,0:05:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.03,0:05:52.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.29,0:05:53.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.70,0:06:00.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we took policies and legislation\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.62,0:06:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are overwhelmingly\Nweighted toward punishment,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.15,0:06:08.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we balanced them out by focusing\Nthem on education, redemption as well?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.29,0:06:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if we saved a small percentage\Nof penitentiaries that exist today,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.10,0:06:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,designate them for initial assessment, \Nplacement, behavior management,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.54,0:06:21.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then reorganize \Nall other prisons into schools:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.34,0:06:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,high schools, vocational trade schools,\Ntechnical institutes, colleges?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.58,0:06:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.47,0:06:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now obviously we all know\Nthe reason for the fences,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.77,0:06:37.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the razor wire, and the walls\Nare to ensure suspension of freedoms.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.84,0:06:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But behind these fences and razor wire,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.87,0:06:45.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind these walls, we should be focused\Non rehabilitation through education.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.65,0:06:49.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now this is not something\Nthat can be forced or coerced.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.77,0:06:54.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if a prisoner is showing \Nthe desire to change and grow,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.19,0:06:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if they have a knack for art,\Narchitecture, math, engineering,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.06,0:07:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be telling them, \Nwe have classes for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.26,0:07:05.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If they're dedicated\Nto leaving a life of crime,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.67,0:07:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and want to become counselors\Nfor at-risk youth
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.32,0:07:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to prevent kids from making the same\Nmistakes they made when they were young,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.54,0:07:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should be cultivating\Nthese positive aspirations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.14,0:07:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we turn prisons into schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.88,0:07:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could take committees\Nlike multidisciplinary teams,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.37,0:07:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facility risk management teams,\Nwhich for one, it's a mouthful.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.36,0:07:32.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're not familiar with these terms,\NI don't expect you to remember them.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.07,0:07:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're just classification reviews\Nin prison that assess prisoners,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.44,0:07:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,determining what they should do and where \Nthey should go while they're incarcerated,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.55,0:07:41.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they're closed off to the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.73,0:07:46.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We could take those, exchange\Nthem for community conferences.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.22,0:07:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First thing we do:\Nopen them up to the public.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.75,0:07:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let the community see
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.59,0:07:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the actions that prisoners\Nare making toward atonement.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.31,0:07:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let them see the steps\Ninstitutions are making
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.83,0:07:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to facilitate and hold\Nprisoners accountable.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.81,0:08:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After all, it's our community\Nthat's the heart of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.86,0:08:09.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's where these prisoners were raised,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.45,0:08:13.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where they committed their crimes,\Nwhere they will eventually be released.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.17,0:08:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these communities have\Nas much right, responsibility, and duty
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.99,0:08:21.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be a part of the process as DOC,\NDepartment of Corrections.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.28,0:08:26.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just imagine, if we turn\Nprisons into schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.38,0:08:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could take things like custody levels,\Nreplace them with grade levels
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.01,0:08:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the higher the grade level achieved
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.01,0:08:37.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the completion\Nof educational and cognitive programs
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.90,0:08:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,furthered access for reintegration,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.97,0:08:42.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,allowing prisoners to use\Nwhat they've learned
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.11,0:08:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at their respective schools\Nto earn back their place in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.92,0:08:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And by doing this, we could take\Nthe general public's lack of information,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.30,0:08:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the growing communal fear\Nregarding a prisoner's release
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.09,0:08:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and transform that into a graduation,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.72,0:09:03.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an acceptance back into society \Nsupported by the community's knowledge
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.14,0:09:05.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a prisoner's personal progression.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.01,0:09:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I say turn prisons into schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.40,0:09:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's not enough to simply bring\Neducational programs behind these walls.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.35,0:09:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.78,0:09:20.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just like Mrs. Alice taught me:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.62,0:09:24.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not enough to simply throw seeds\Nin the ground; you've got to fertilize it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.94,0:09:26.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to till the soil.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.74,0:09:28.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You've got to water it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.87,0:09:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if the environment is not conducive\Nto producing the type of plants you want,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.24,0:09:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you've got to change the environment.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.19,0:09:41.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this same sense, we need\Nto change the environment in prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.16,0:09:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need a greenhouse,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.73,0:09:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because as prisons function today,\Nthey're an environment of marginalization,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.79,0:09:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,objectification,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.66,0:09:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an environment that is increasingly\Nbecoming counterproductive
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.74,0:09:58.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the very ideals of correction
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.22,0:10:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the Department\Nof Corrections is named for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.66,0:10:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's become so systemic that even\Nterms I'm conditioned to accept
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.77,0:10:10.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and identify with, terms\Nyou will hear today, often repeated:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.68,0:10:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"inmate," "offender," "convict" - \Nthey marginalize me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.51,0:10:18.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They marginalize us.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.18,0:10:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can tell you\Nfrom personal experience
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.56,0:10:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you're under\Nsuch conditions long enough,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.15,0:10:27.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's likely you'll begin to feel like\Nyou're incapable of growth and change.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.96,0:10:32.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That no matter what you do,\Nyou'll never become a better person.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.20,0:10:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this environment is not just affecting
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.32,0:10:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the prison population,\Nbut the prison staff as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.69,0:10:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Staff who find themselves\Nstruggling between treating us
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.34,0:10:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the human beings we are,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.75,0:10:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or treating us like\Nthe less than human objects
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.17,0:10:50.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these institutions have come\Nto define us as.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.58,0:10:54.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite the good intentions of many\Nthat work within the system,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.19,0:10:58.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the good intentions\Nof many in this very room,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.88,0:11:03.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of rehabilitating\Nthese men and women in prison,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.06,0:11:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're institutionalizing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.55,0:11:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because of our misconceptions\Nabout crime and incarceration,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.84,0:11:12.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're perpetuating a disservice,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.70,0:11:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an injustice on our neighborhoods,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.19,0:11:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our families,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.11,0:11:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we're not properly rehabilitating\Nthese men and women in prison
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.85,0:11:23.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we release them\Ninto our communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.88,0:11:30.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask yourself: do you want\Ninstitutionalized ex-convicts
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.71,0:11:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being released into your neighborhoods?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.57,0:11:36.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or would you rather have\Nrehabilitated men and women
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.96,0:11:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,graduating back into society?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.04,0:11:43.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.67,0:11:51.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see it?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.04,0:11:54.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, why don't we shed our misconceptions?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.62,0:11:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we address\Nthe heart of the problem?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.62,0:12:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we cultivate\Na place of learning?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.93,0:12:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why don't we turn prisons into schools?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.64,0:12:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you for your time.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.08,0:12:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)