Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars.

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America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that...

America may be slow to rise to a challenge. But our history has shown that...

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening...

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the...

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the...

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve...

Until we all start to take responsibility, until we do all we can to improve...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the...

If we were really tough on crime, we'd try to save our children from the...

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.

You see, you can't put joblessness in a jail cell.