and mothers being incarcerated issues. that is important, because of women in prison, most of the offenses are related to trauma, domestic violence. i would say as high as 80%, but i did not know it if that is the exact statistics. it is support for women to have a voice to war victims of domestic violence, and i would be honored to serve and. supervisor kim: thank you, ms. campbell. next, we have kimberly courtney. and then that we have kevin joseph. -- and then we have kevin joseph. >> hi, my name is kimberly courtney. i qualify, doing some county time in at san francisco, san mateo, not multiple terms, but upon my release from custody, but i immediately put myself into a rehabilitation program and was allowed to do a couple of internships with the public defender's office and the social workers that allow me to go into custody and work with women who are needing services while i was still on parole. since then, i have done multiple jobs, mostly within custody. primarily getting people treatment from jail, facilitating t

supervisor mirkarimi: if it costs $50,000 to $60,000 for an annual year of incarceration -- incarcerating an inmate in our county jail system, what would electronic monitoring cost? >> i believe it is about $14,000 a year. supervisor mirkarimi: so in the pecking order of costs on incarceration, the highest would be incarceration on it down the chain of options. electronic monitoring would be on the very low end of the spectrum. >> correct. you could also implement, and i am talking in terms of the sanction, you could also have home detention. then you could graduate to home detention without electronic monitoring. there are gradations of the different types of sanctioning ability we have. we also have, under adult probation, a new authority of day reporting. instead of using of the very expensive jailed bed, if there has been a violation, basically have the individual to mandatory time where they can participate in treatment. they can work on it resume development, work force, education, so there are a lot of alternatives. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> but

i know that a parent who is incarcerated, their kids are more likely to be incarcerated, and i want to break the cycle. i work with kids. i see what happens to them. i see the misery and suffering that comes with family members of the incarcerated. thank you for giving me this opportunity. supervisor kim: thank you, mr. ngo. were you involved and advocating for ethnic studies? >> yes, i was. supervisor kim: thank you so much. >> you are welcome. supervisor kim: i am going to call nicholas gregiooratos. we gave everyone a couple of minutes to speak about this position and why it would like to serve. >> yes, think. sorry, i had eight appointment that was previously scheduled. most of what i have to say is in the paperwork, but i have been out of jail for a long time. i have been cleaned, off drugs, over 24 years. after i left, i stopped doing drugs, went to college, became a schoolteacher, and eventually became a lawyer and get a job with the sheriff's department. i have been listening to the people, and you have a lot of good people to choose from. part of me feels, and i think i said t

and mothers being incarcerated issues. that is important, because of women in prison, most of the offenses are related to trauma, domestic violence. i would say as high as 80%, but i did not know it if that is the exact statistics. it is support for women to have a voice to war victims of domestic violence, and i would be honored to serve and. supervisor kim: thank you, ms. campbell. next, we have kimberly courtney. and then that we have kevin joseph. -- and then we have kevin joseph. >> hi,

informally incarcerated to help rebuild their lives. i served as a member of the california narcotics authority, helping to divert at into treatment. i served as president of the san francisco police department association and as a san francisco police officer, i received two medals of valor for my work on the street. i patrolled just about every corner of san francisco. a safer city requires bringing all of these elements together. i'm proud to have burned the support of senator dianne feinstein, the attorney general , lt. gov. gavin newsom and many, many others. i hope i can earn your support also. please join us on our web site. thank you. >> election day is november 8th, 2011. that is the last date to vote in person and a deadline for receipt of the vote by mail ballots. >> hello. my name is ross mirkarimi, i'm the supervisor of the fifth district of the board of supervisors of san francisco. i am running for sheriff because i want to improve public safety throughout san francisco. when i was elected supervisor in 2004, i inherited

women are the fastest growing population to be incarcerated. we see women's prisons, men's prisons, teenagers -- they have a baby prison for the babies. they build a prison every year based on third and fourth great test scores in black and latino communities around the country. that is a fact. i can give me the documentation on that. so when the police are grabbing us up, it is a function of capitalism. white supremacy and capitalism, they have had a very long dance together. the police are filling the prisons because prisons operate like hotels. they do not make as much money, so police are agents of the state. not only where they serving the interests of the white people, they are protecting those who have and keeping the have nots out of their house. ultimately, that is the biggest thing i can put my finger on. it affects education, access to health care, you do not get mental health treatment, drug addiction treatment. that permits through every aspect of black life in this country. >> so when you were sitting down, challenging, you said y

the incarceration halls in communities pipeline, so building those mechanisms. i spent the last year once a month working with a reentry group in boston, and it actually was funded by obama's stimulus plan. everybody wonders where the stimulus program money went, and one thing if it was fun this program. working with the oldest anti- party organization in new england, which ted kennedy was a champion of. we created a series of workshops for the whole year based around a human-rights platform. not looking at these folks who need to be saved but as folks who can engage in a dynamic process to think critically about the situation they are in, understand the situation they are in so they can make informed choices and the other folks on to the information they are getting. we took malcolms idea. we got the united nations convention of the rights of a child. we constructed some of the basic elements. over the years, we created human rights report cards where the young folks in me this organization, who were just coming home, one month they did a report card with a gra

that this has had in minority communities, 70 people -- 70% of the people that we incarcerate -- this is a system based on punitive measures. this indicates that we have to fix the system and that is why i am here today. we have to fix this. >> john ray is a direct question. if you are presented with evidence that the police officers have committed perjury, or if you have this attorney in your office who has hidden evidence in the pursuit of a conviction, will you take action against this? >> we are aware that we're looking at many cases -- with the first homicide -- homicide conviction for this case that was over 20 years old at the office was working on for over one year. and we have the prosecutorial problems in this case. it appears that this was possibly prompted by the police. we believe that this evidence was material, and we decided to read prosecute the case. we have an integrity and it today, and we're looking at a series of cases and convictions. the answer is that i will hold those individuals accountable, and if there is a case to be prosecuted i would do so. as far as th

cashing in on incarceration of u.s. private jails are used of lobbying for heavy jail sentences to make more money from prisoners. and dead zone for tourists ukraine debates whether a ban on trips to the contaminated area around her novel should be lifted following allegations they were providing unhealthy profits to officials. who are watching r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program amnesty international has called the media's new of sorties to prevent human rights abuses there are allegations of violations committed by both rebels and colonel gadhafi is troops most of the country is now under rebel control with only a few pockets of khadafi the oil list still fighting but some people in the capital say the only fruits of the revolution they are seeing are uncertainty and fear as artie's or even often our reports. let. it off you free tripoli just can't stop chanting to celebrate the birth of you leave. all reminders of recently overthrown dictatorship are suppressed what used to bri

policy of incarceration makes for a private prison industry worth billions. america's financial crisis has been something of an unseasonable monster swallowing up millions of jobs homes and businesses throughout the nation yet amid this ongoing economic armageddon one industry has remained recession proof. private prisons. with more than two point three million people behind bars the united states trumps china russia and the rest of the world in both the number and percentage of people doing time where it falls short though is being capable of containing such a large population it's a political dilemma turned cash cow for dozens of corporations creaming profits off punishment private prisons make money off of incarceration the more people they lock up and the longer they keep them the more money they make so they have the same perverse incentive to expand our justice system and increase our number of people or our number of citizens who are behind bars because it increases their profit margin. the profitability of private jails depends on the prison populatio

cashing in on incarceration u.s. private sales are used to being heavy jail sentences to make more money from presidents. and dead saying for tourists ukraine debates whether a ballot on the tricks of the contaminated area around snowball should be lifted an allegation that biting unhealthy profits to shreds. and your financial health kits russia we find out how bad the infraction is more in business in twenty minutes. but i won't welcome to you this is all i see live from moscow on wednesday international has called on libya's new authorities to prevent human rights abuses there are allegations of violations committed by both rebels on colonel gadhafi his troops most of the country is now under rebel control with only a few pump kits of get out in oil is still fighting but some people in the capital say the only fruits of the revolution beseeing uncertainty and fear as a lot is with the national reports. that. gadhafi free tripoli just can't stop chanting jerusalem. prater birth of new leave . all reminders of recen

mass incarceration may grow even more profitable. r.t. new york. also ahead this hour dissolves seeing adventurous travelers. periods of the exclusion zone twenty five years the chernobyl nuclear plant but the government says the tools are illegal. no quarter of a new billboard in times square accuses iran of partnering with al qaeda just as the reigning presidents do in new york the u.n. general assembly. which will write a few songs from some stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. germany has called on euro zone members to stick together in an attempt to settle over the potential greek default the chancellor says that greece mistaya board the blog to avoid causing a domino effect statement came off the fears of greece declaring bankruptcy called a shop for the global markets on monday it was triggered by reports that germany was preparing for greece to leave the euro say athens has been struggling to bring its debt crisis under control despite stringent measures to make the confidence says there's no easy way out. there different ways that. european cen

i came to detroit two or three times while you were incarcerated and did everything i could to try to see you. i called mutual friends. you and i have been friends for a long time. there is a picture of you and me and the book from years ago. i came to detroit and tried to see you. the powers that be did not make it easy for me to even try to visit you while you were incarcerated. as hard as i tried to get in, i could not get in. i wondered whether or not kwame kilpatrick wanted to see people while incarcerated or whether he was too embarrassed to face people behind those bars. as >> there was a time when i was first sent to state prison when i did not want to see anybody. i did not want to face people, not just because of embarrassment, but because i felt it was a time i needed to be by myself. i have never been by myself in my life. i found a sense of comfort in the fact the was by myself, and i knew i had to make the most out of that opportunity. that was not the most of what was going on when you were visiting. there were a lot of people not allowed to see me. the michigan departm

the incarceration threshold for crack cocaine is 100 times higher than the incarceration threshold for regular cocaine. why is it that we are not arresting countless white people for marijuana possession and incarcerating them and why is it that when they are originally arrested, even if they are never convicted, they are then deprived of financial aid and all the other resources that we provide to so many developing in our nation? i do not understand how the treatment of young black men in the context of drug-related -- minor, drug-related offenses as an incarceration rate, jimmy williams, is not as offensive to our nation as abu ghraib? >> well, it certainly is. i think it would be interesting, i always like to put the shoe on the other foot. what if a majority of the judges, both federal, state, and county judges were black? i bet you there would be a hell of a lot more white dudes in jail. and here's the thing -- and white women, by the way. when you put somebody in jail for peddling marijuana -- >> no, no, no, no. that's not what happens. they stop them in harlem, they pull out a