Senator Jim Webb: Our Champion in Washington D.C.!

Senator Webb gave a speech on the US Senate floor on March 26, 2009, proposing new legislation to reform the nation's criminal justice system:

http://webb.senate.gov/email/incardocs/FS_CrimJust_3-26-09.pdf

Here are the key Slides/Statistics he used which document the shocking increase in the numbers of Americans incarcerated in recent decades and the percentage of these who are incarcerated for drug offenses and mental illness:

http://webb.senate.gov/email/incardocs/SlidesCriminalJusticeBill.pdf

Here is an audio link to his NPR (National Public Radio) Interview from Sunday March 29, 2009:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102486450

Cover story by Webb in Parade Magazine (3/29/09):

http://www.parade.com/news/2009/03/why-we-must-fix-our-prisons.html?index=2