Andrew Jarecki

That's crazy.

And he first visited the Maine State Prison when he was 14 because his dad was locked up there.

And later in life, you know, he became a sheriff.

And I think his dad was in his jail at some point.

And it was like, Randy, get me a coffee.

Sorry, dad.

That's crazy.

But over time, he just said, well, why are we throwing people away when we put them into prison for having made a mistake of some kind or even a series of mistakes?

Yeah.

You know, what can we do to bring these people out?

Because 95 percent of the people are coming out.

And are these people that we want to be our neighbors?

And this issue of community is so important because

You know, how are we going to get back to some kind of brotherhood in this country?

You know, it's so important.

And if we can demonize people so quickly and just say, well, look, my neighbor, you know, he put his tractor on my lawn and therefore he's a horrible person and I'm going to go over and smash his tractor.

And, you know, as opposed to the guy saying, oh, I couldn't put my tractor in my garage because it had a flood.

Oh, you had a flood?

Let me help you.

You know, that there's a level of rage right now that we're tapping into.