article_snippet.sent: Fortunately, there is already a road map for successfully addressing these problems.
article_snippet.sent: We know reforms will work because reforms already are in states across our country.
article_snippet.sent: In both blue states such as New Jersey and Connecticut and red states such as Texas and Georgia, state and local officials have developed and instituted sweeping reforms that have reduced state and local officials prison populations and crime rates.
article_snippet.sent: state and local officials are succeeding by focusing state and local officials efforts on areas where the criminal justice system most needs reform.
article_snippet.sent: We should follow state and local officials example on the federal level.