The nations top law enforcement officer says the criminal justice system is broken. Attorney General Eric Holder spoke to the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday. ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER: Throughout this country, too many Americans are trapped and too many Americans are weakened by a vicious cycle of poverty, criminality and incarceration. INSKEEP: NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson listened to the attorney generals remarks and shes in our studios. Carrie, good morning. CARRIE JOHNSON, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve. INSKEEP: So this is something important for attorney general to observe - too many people in prison, he thinks. But what does the Justice Department propose to do about that, given that 200,000 of the people in prison are in federal prison? JOHNSON: So that costs a lot of money, Steve. The latest numbers we have from 2010 indicate more than $80 billion spent on incarceration in this country. INSKEEP: OK. ow.ly/BswKN
Posted on: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 21:36:41 +0000
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