HomeUploadUpload DirectHotlinkRandomAbouttheme toggle
Expand

CPAC: The Conservative Case for Criminal Justice Reform

Views:943
@ReasonVids

"You wouldn't necessarily expect--and certainly the establishment press doesn't expect--to hear a discussion about criminal justice reforms and prison reform at the Conservative Political Action Conference," stated Americans for Tax Reform Founder Grover Norquist. "But in point of fact this is a big problem, it's an expensive problem, and it's a problem that creates more expensive problems."

During a Friday morning session at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the biggest annual gathering of right-leaning activists, Norquist, Texas Governor Rick Perry, and former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, laid out their vision for conservative criminal justice reform, highlighting a number of successful state-based initiatives implemented by Republican governors.

"We are not a soft on crime state, but I hope we get the reputation of being a smart on crime state," Gov. Perry explained. "We shut a prison down last year. That is the message all across this country. You want to talk about real conservative governance, shut a prison down."

Following the session, Reason Magazine's Matt Welch visited the exhibition booths for Right on Crime, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, and Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, to get a sense of what was driving the undercurrent of interest in these issues, what sort of reception reform proponents are finding at CPAC, and the prospect of legislative cooperation with like-minded Democrats.

Produced by Meredith Bragg

Approximately 4 minutes.

Visit http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/03/09/cpac-the-conservative-case-for-criminal for full text, links, downloadable versions, and more. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube channel for automatic notifications when new material goes live.

reason
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reason tv
,
reason magazine
,
reason foundation
,
criminal justice reform
,
mandatory minimums
,
drug war
,
grover norquist
,
gov. rick perry
,
rick perry
,
texas
,
bernie kerick
,
cpac
,
conservative
,
gop
,
repubican
,
libertarian
,
matt welch
,
crime
,
prison
,
detention
,
death penalty
    Thumbnail for Amish vs. the Courts: Family Speaks Out on Fleeing the U.S. to Escape Court-Mandated Chemo6:31
    Amish vs. the Courts: Family Speaks Out on Fleeing the U.S. to Escape Court-Mandated Chemo
    ReasonVids
    890 views
    Thumbnail for What We Saw at the Occupy Wall Street Protest6:04
    What We Saw at the Occupy Wall Street Protest
    ReasonVids
    775 views
    Thumbnail for Margaret Sanger Was Anti-Abortion!?!? Peter Bagge on Planned Parenthood, Eugenics, and "Woman Rebel"6:22
    Margaret Sanger Was Anti-Abortion!?!? Peter Bagge on Planned Parenthood, Eugenics, and "Woman Rebel"
    ReasonVids
    862 views
    Thumbnail for Panel 1: Judicial Engagement in Enforcing Property Rights1:34:42
    Panel 1: Judicial Engagement in Enforcing Property Rights
    IJvids
    777 views
    Thumbnail for Remy: Fake News1:58
    Remy: Fake News
    ReasonVids
    926 views
    Thumbnail for Chris Hedges at Flood Wall Street: "Capitalism Exploits Humans"12:06
    Chris Hedges at Flood Wall Street: "Capitalism Exploits Humans"
    ReasonVids
    860 views
    Thumbnail for Can You Fight Radical Islam with Western Bestsellers?21:37
    Can You Fight Radical Islam with Western Bestsellers?
    ReasonVids
    849 views
    Thumbnail for Benghazi Bombshell - EXCLUSIVE!23:21
    Benghazi Bombshell - EXCLUSIVE!
    AOU
    1437 views
    Thumbnail for The CPAC Foreign Policy Split: Old Hawks and Young Doves3:34
    The CPAC Foreign Policy Split: Old Hawks and Young Doves
    ReasonVids
    892 views
    Thumbnail for The real president is still more popular than the fake president1:09
    The real president is still more popular than the fake president
    bestofvoatxyz
    1314 views
    Thumbnail for Invaders to Europe hide in man's car for a free ride.1:57
    Invaders to Europe hide in man's car for a free ride.
    allAheadFull
    1215 views
    Thumbnail for The Feds vs. Craig Zucker: Q&A with the Creator of Buckyballs7:33
    The Feds vs. Craig Zucker: Q&A with the Creator of Buckyballs
    ReasonVids
    1002 views
    Thumbnail for jew Tells White People how They can Prevent Being Murdered by jews2:05
    jew Tells White People how They can Prevent Being Murdered by jews
    allAheadFull
    1493 views
    Thumbnail for Please do try this at home0:32
    Please do try this at home
    bestofupgoat
    341 views
    Thumbnail for How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families4:25
    How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
    ReasonVids
    875 views
    Thumbnail for Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives56:42
    Steven Pinker: Rationality Saves Lives
    ReasonVids
    747 views
    Thumbnail for Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything on Seeking Truth in the Post-Truth Era34:06
    Adam Conover of Adam Ruins Everything on Seeking Truth in the Post-Truth Era
    ReasonVids
    974 views
    Thumbnail for PayPal's misinformation fine an "error"? || Jeffrey Tucker & Radix Verum (47:53) ~ Alison Morrow47:53
    PayPal's misinformation fine an "error"? || Jeffrey Tucker & Radix Verum (47:53) ~ Alison Morrow
    bestofsaidit
    816 views
    Thumbnail for How To DAMAGE Enemies in Unity | BMo9:19
    How To DAMAGE Enemies in Unity | BMo
    tech.topic
    609 views
    Thumbnail for Miller lite goes woke1:29
    Miller lite goes woke
    AOUisgay
    512 views
    Thumbnail for Two half naked Ukrainian activists2:39
    Two half naked Ukrainian activists
    AmericanMuskrat
    286 views
    Thumbnail for ‘This is my property. I’m putting something on it.’7:45
    ‘This is my property. I’m putting something on it.’
    ReasonVids
    647 views
    Thumbnail for Minimum Wage: Bad for Humans, Good for Robots4:30
    Minimum Wage: Bad for Humans, Good for Robots
    ReasonVids
    705 views
    Thumbnail for Pothole. (and more) | justMaki19:01
    Pothole. (and more) | justMaki
    invidious
    417 views
    Thumbnail for Stossel: Enough Crony Capitalism!4:31
    Stossel: Enough Crony Capitalism!
    ReasonVids
    895 views

points

Permalink
Reply
reason
,
reason.com
,
reason.tv
,
reason tv
,
reason magazine
,
reason foundation
,
criminal justice reform
,
mandatory minimums
,
drug war
,
grover norquist
,
gov. rick perry
,
rick perry
,
texas
,
bernie kerick
,
cpac
,
conservative
,
gop
,
repubican
,
libertarian
,
matt welch
,
crime
,
prison
,
detention
,
death penalty
TOS  •  Add Keywords  •  Donate  •   Analytics  •   DMCA  •   Puzzle