and our next speaker, piper kerman has done that through her memoir of the time she spent incarcerated and the television show orange is the new black which came from that. she has shown just what it is like and why we need to do something about it. it's your turn. [ applause ] >> pat your words really remind me that for every person who traverses our criminal justice system it is a cruseble that you have to survive and that changes you in ways that are indelible. thank you very much for your work and for your words. i also want to thank the members who made this day happen, all of them from both sides of the aisle. very grateful and all of you who came out today spent a good chunk of your valuable time here fantastic. there are many members of congress who also have prioritized these issues in their own work and i am grateful to them again on both sides of the aisle. we know that so much of the prognosis made particularly over the last decade would not have happened without republican contribution and leadership. i want to tell you all i made my notes in one of my prison diaries to ke

way people are treated once they go away is incredibly important to this and our next speaker, piper kerman, has done that. through her memoir of the time that she spent incarcerated and the television show, "orange is the new black," which came from that she has shown to hundreds of thousands, millions of viewers, just what it is like and why we need to do something about it. it is your turn. [applause] >> okay. pat, your word really remind me for every single person who traverses our criminal justice system it is a crucial -- crucible that you have to survive and that changes you in ways that are indelible. so thank you very much for your work and for your word. i also want to thank the members who made this day happen all of them from both sides of the aisle. very grateful and all of you who came out today. spent a good chunk of your valuable time here. fantastic. i also want to say that there are many, many members of congress, who weren't necessarily part of today who also have prioritized these eschews in their own work. and i'm grateful to them. again, on both sides of the aisle and