leo pfeiffer, a sophomore at allard high school, once presidential candidates to discuss the criminal justice system and mass incarceration. his video title -- and incarcerated nation. : the unitedama states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world prisoners. we keep more people behind bars in the top 35 european countries combined. spend $80 billion to keep folks incarcerated. >> this age of mass incarceration is violating our core principles in so many areas. we proclaim to be the land of onedom and liberty to have of four people imprisoned goes against our core ideals, and now is the time we need a revolution when i comes to issues of crime and punishment. nowe are at a place right where we are several decades into focusing on punishment and being more punitive. >> it is a billion dollar people -- their odds of returning their investment, and i'm going to put money into it, how my going to get more money out of it. washington, 20% of more of the people have been diagnosed as seriously mentally ill. according to the department of corrections have drugs or addicti

leo pfeiffer, a sophomore at allard high school, once presidential candidates to discuss the criminal justice system and mass incarceration. his video title -- and incarcerated nation. president obama: the united states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world prisoners. we keep more people behind bars in the top 35 european countries combined. every year we spend $80 billion to keep folks incarcerated. >> this age of mass incarceration is violating our core principles in so many areas. we proclaim to be the land of freedom and liberty to have one of four people imprisoned goes against our core ideals, and now is the time we need a revolution when i comes to issues of crime and punishment. >> we are at a place right now where we are several decades into focusing on punishment and being more punitive. >> it is a billion dollar industry, that people -- their odds of returning their investment, and i'm going to put money into it, how my going to get more money out of it. >> in washington, 20% of more of the people have been diagnosed as seriously mentally ill. 75% acc

leo pfeiffer, a sophomore at allard high school, once presidential candidates to discuss the criminalarcerated nation. president obama: the united states is home to 5% of the world's population but 25% of the world prisoners. we keep more people behind bars in the top 35 european countries combined. every year