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Today we are launching the website for my latest documentary, IN YOUR HANDS. Please visit  www.inyourhandsdocumentary.com to find out more about the film and the issues around prison reentry. Here are some frightening statistics some of you might not be aware of: there are over 2.3 million people in our jails and prisons, more than in any other country on the planet. Another 5 million are on probation or parole. That’s a whooping 7.3 million people under correctional supervision.  1 in every 31 Americans is in the judicial system one way or another … and I’m not even counting the juvenile facilities.  It’s mind boggling that we are still choosing to lock non violent offenders up at a tune of about $ 22, 000 per prisoner per year, rather than consider the advantages of community based programs which are far more effective and way cheaper. And so it goes … punishment still trumps rehabilitation.