Hi, everybody.  Today, there are 2.2 million people behind bars in America and millions more on parole or probation.  Every year, we spend $80 billion in taxpayer dollars to keep people incarcerated.  Many are non-violent offenders serving unnecessarily long sentences. 

大家好！今天美国有两百二十万人关押在狱中，还有数百万人接受假释和缓刑。每年我们斥资八百亿美元来自纳税者的资金监禁这些人。他们中许多人是非暴力犯人，不必要地在狱中长期服刑。

I believe we can disrupt the pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails.  I believe we can address the disparities in the application of criminal justice, from arrest rates to sentencing to incarceration.  And I believe we can help those who have served their time and earned a second chance get the support they need to become productive members of society. 

我认为，我们能够阻断将人从经费不足的学校，输送到人满为患监狱间的通道。我认为，我们能够解决刑事司法运用上的不平衡状态，从逮捕率转向判处改造。我认为，我们能够帮助那些服刑并获得第二次机会的人，得到他们贡献社会所需的帮助。

That’s why over the course of this year, I’ve been talking to folks around the country about reforming our criminal justice system to make it smarter, fairer, and more effective. 

这就是为什么今年以来我一直在各地向大家谈，改革我们的刑事司法制度，使之更有智慧，更加公平，更加有效。

In February, I sat down in the Oval Office with police officers from around the country.  In the spring, I met with police officers and young people in Camden, New Jersey, where they’re using community policing and data to drive down crime.  Over the summer, I visited a prison in Oklahoma to talk with inmates and corrections officers about rehabilitating prisoners, and preventing more people from ending up there in the first place.  Two weeks ago, I visited West Virginia to meet with families battling prescription drug and heroin abuse, as well as people who are working on new solutions for treatment and rehabilitation.  Last week, I traveled to Chicago to thank police chiefs from across the country for all that their officers do to protect Americans, to make sure they’ve got the resources to get the job done, and to call for commonsense gun safety reforms that would make officers and their communities safer. 

今年二月，我在椭圆办公室和全国各地警察进行了交谈。春天我会见了新泽西卡姆登的警察和年轻人，他们在那里通过社区巡视和有关数据来降低犯罪。夏季期间，我走访了西维吉尼亚，会见了同处方毒品以及滥用海洛因做斗争的家庭，以及研究治疗和康复方法的人员。上个星期，我前往芝加哥，向全国各地警察局长致谢，感谢他们的警员为保护美国民众所做的努力，确保他们获得完成任务所需的资源，同时呼吁进行常识性枪支改革，使警察和他们的社区更加安全。

And we know that having millions of people in the criminal justice system, without any ability to find a job after release, is unsustainable.  It’s bad for communities and it’s bad for our economy.

我们知道，在刑事司法体系中关押数百万人，而释放后没有能力找到工作，这种情况不能持续，会危害我们的社区，危害我们的经济。

So on Monday, I’ll travel to Newark, New Jersey to highlight efforts to help Americans who’ve paid their debt to society reintegrate back into their communities.  Everyone has a role to play, from businesses that are hiring ex-offenders to philanthropies that are supporting education and training programs.  And I’ll keep working with people in both parties to get criminal justice reform bills to my desk, including a bipartisan bill that would reduce mandatory minimums for non-violent drug offenders and reward prisoners with shorter sentences if they complete programs that make them less likely to commit a repeat offense. 

因此星期一，我将前往新泽西纽瓦克，强调帮助那些已经偿还社会债务的人重新融入社会的工作。无论是正在招募昔日罪犯的企业，还是支持教育和训练计划的慈善组织，人人都能发挥作用。我将继续同两党人士合作，努力推动刑事司法改革法案送交白宫，其中所含的一个跨党派议案，将减少非暴力毒品犯人的最低强制刑期，假如这些人完成使其重新犯罪可能性降低的有关计划，将会得到较短刑期的奖励。

There’s a reason that good people across the country are coming together to reform our criminal justice system.  Because it’s not about politics.  It’s about whether we as a nation live up to our founding ideal of liberty and justice for all.  And working together, we can make sure that we do. 

全国各地的善良人走到一起，改革我们的刑事司法制度，事出有因，因为这无关政治，而是有关国家遵循全民自由和公正的立国理想。

Thanks, everybody.  Have a great weekend.  And have a safe and Happy Halloween.    

谢谢大家。周末愉快，万圣节安全快乐！