Five Billion Dollar Proposal to Tackle Largest Youth Incarceration Rate in World
Credit: U.S. Congress
Many young people are disconnected from school and work, a situation that some say can lead to a life of crime and prison. In Virginia Beach, for example, 20 percent of blacks age 16 to 24 are not in school and have no job. Now one Virginia congressman has a very expensive solution. Michael Pope has the story from Capitol Hill.
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