Hillary Clinton on Incarceration of Women, Flint Water Crisis & ZIKA Epidemic

Clinton’s powerful op-ed on women and mass incarceration.

Clinton writes for CNN:

We can't go on like this. It is time we reform our broken criminal justice system.
First, we need to reform policing practices, end racial profiling, and eradicate racial disparities in sentencing.

Second, we need to promote alternatives to incarceration, particularly for nonviolent and first-time offenders, so families aren't broken up.
We need to improve access to high-quality treatment for substance abuse, inside and outside the prison system, because drug and alcohol addiction is a disease, not a crime — and we need to treat it as such.

And third, we need to be deliberate about understanding the different paths that can land women in prison, be more attentive to women's unique needs while they are incarcerated, and do more to support women and their families once they are released.
I will institute gender-responsive policies in the federal prison system and encourage states to do the same—because women follow different paths to crime than men, and face different risks and challenges both inside and outside the prison walls, and every part of the justice system, from sentencing to the conditions of confinement to re-entry services, should reflect women's unique needs.
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Clinton has released a statement regarding recent developments in Flint:

Following news that three people are facing charges in connection with the water poisoning in Flint, Michigan, and the Senate’s passage today of an energy bill that does not contain $250 million in crucial aid for Flint as a result of a Republican hold on the package, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement:

​"​Senate Republicans have pushed through today’s energy bill at the expense of the people of Flint, who are still waiting for clean water and critical aid for rebuilding their infrastructure.
It is unconscionable for this bill to move forward without this desperately-needed aid. It’s important that people be held responsible for the water poisoning in Flint—but it’s not enough. I will not stop fighting for the families of Flint until they receive the help all Americans should expect, and the justice all people deserve.​"​
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Clinton has dispatched aides to Puerto Rico to focus on the Zika virus:

Hillary Clinton announced today that two of her top advisors Amanda Renteria and Ann O’Leary will travel to Puerto Rico this weekend to meet with officials and discuss the health care crisis and the threat posed by Zika.  There are more than 400 confirmed cases of Zika in Puerto Rico thus far and experts predict that as many as 80 percent of Puerto Ricans could be infected with the virus if it’s not stopped. In a statement, Clinton stated the need to do more to assist Puerto Rico in responding to this crisis:

“The CDC is taking this threat seriously and it has been working closely with Puerto Rico.  But I want to be sure that we are truly doing all we can to fight the Zika virus from spreading. 
That’s why I’m sending two of my Senior Advisors to travel to Puerto Rico on a fact-finding mission to learn more about how Zika is impacting the island, and to determine what more we can do to assist Puerto Rico in responding to this health crisis. Zika is an urgent problem and we need to act now.”
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