https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w en-us 2017-04-10 16:15:10 UTC 2017-04-11 16:32:20 UTC hello@padlet.com krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165717534 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/obama-legacy/racial-profiling-criminal-justice-reform.html]]> 2017-04-10 16:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165717534 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165718303 "Over time, Obama became an increasingly forceful voice, pledging to address the epidemic of incarceration that disproportionately affects people of color, and speaking out against what he described as “a long history of inequity in the criminal justice system in America.”]]> 2017-04-10 16:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165718303 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165719087 "He declared that the U.S. criminal justice system was not as “smart” as it needs to be: “It’s not keeping us as safe as it should be. It is not as fair as it should be. Mass incarceration makes our country worse off, and we need to do something about it.”"]]> 2017-04-10 16:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165719087 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165720103 "His purpose was clear: “I’m going to shine a spotlight on this issue, because while the people in our prisons have made some mistakes — and sometimes big mistakes — they are also Americans, and we have to make sure that as they do their time and pay back their debt to society that we are increasing the possibility that they can turn their lives around.”]]> 2017-04-10 16:35:04 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165720103 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165720840 "“When they describe their youth, these are young people who made mistakes that aren’t that different from the mistakes I made, and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made,” Obama said. “The difference is that they did not have the kind of support structures, the second chances, the resources that would allow them to survive those mistakes.”]]> 2017-04-10 16:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165720840 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165723019 "Holder said that criminal justice reform is a deeply personal issue for the president. He and Obama have had countless conversations over the years — since they met in 2004 — about how this country prosecutes and incarcerates its citizens, especially men and women of color."]]> 2017-04-10 16:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165723019 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165724212 There was a time of acknowledgment in the injustice of criminals by our own president. Obama declared that he wanted to make it more possible for prisoners to get their lives back on track when they finish serving their time in prison. ]]> 2017-04-10 16:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165724212 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165724968 Criminal justice is a type of prison reform, and the United States' criminal justice is not as fair, safe, and humane as it should be. ]]> 2017-04-10 16:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165724968 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165726442 Obama noticed that with the legal discrimination we have now toward prisoners it makes it very hard for them to turn their lives around. It is unjustified to tell someone they cannot have a second chance after prison, it is like saying you are free, just to come back to prison.]]> 2017-04-10 16:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165726442 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165924690 There is a problem with the way the prisoners are treated after prison. They are told to make their lives better, but when out of prison they have necessary rights taken away. The right to housing, a job. It makes it almost impossible to become a better version of themselves. ]]> 2017-04-11 16:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165924690 krkizer19 https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165925577 We should strive to keep people out of prison, we as a country should try to help our citizens become successful. If things don't change, nothing can get better, The inmate rate should be decreasing but it is seemingly increasing, ]]> 2017-04-11 16:28:53 UTC https://padlet.com/krkizer19/kkbpwxezj88w/wish/165925577