Bernie Kerik, the former Rudy Giuliani aide and New York City police chief who spent years locking people up, is using his own time in a federal prison as a launch pad to call for a systemwide overhaul.
Kerik will give a speech in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, arguing that the criminal justice system is “in dire need of repair,” the former Department of Homeland Security nominee told POLITICO in an interview. [...]
“I had the opinion of, ‘Lock them up, throw away the key,’” Kerik said of his old views about criminal justice. “The reality is that’s not” the only ingredient for crime reduction.