An Ex-Bank Robber's Take On America's Growing Crime Problem

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The United States' incarceration rate is the highest in the world, with roughly 2 million people currently serving time behind bars. Jesse Wiese has experienced America's prison system firsthand. He was arrested at the age of 21 for robbing a bank and spent the next 10 years of his life in prison. Now, he works as the Vice President of Program Design and Evaluation at the nonprofit, Prison Fellowship, using his experience to better the lives of those both in and out of prison. He recently joined host Chris Foster on Rundown to discuss his arrest, and how serving time led him to his current career. Weise also discussed America's current crime crisis and why he believes creating more opportunities for those who are incarcerated can help with recidivism. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Jesse Wiese and learn more about his unique take on America's crime problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.0	Fox.
0:15.0	This is the Fox News rundown extra.
0:18.0	I'm Chris Foster.
0:22.0	Today, Jesse Weeks, who served 10 years in prison for robbing a bank when he was 21 years old,
0:26.0	since he saw firsthand what works and what doesn't in the criminal justice system.
0:30.0	He grew on to become an attorney and criminal justice expert working with the nonprofit
0:33.9	prison fellowship. It's the world's largest Christian nonprofit organization for
0:37.3	prisoners, former prisoners, and their families. We talked about his brief unfortunate
0:41.3	criminal career getting caught and locked up and about his work now
0:44.5	helping convicts become better citizens in and out of prison. We have to cut our conversation down for the regular
0:49.8	weekday podcast and radio show but this is all of it without the edits.
0:53.2	Thanks for listening as always, now Jesse Weiss on the Fox News rundown extra.
0:57.5	Well, Jesse is good to talk to you.
1:03.7	Thanks for coming on the Fox News rundown.
1:04.9	If you don't mind, let me just start with your criminal history.
1:07.2	Why are you robbing banks?
1:08.4	I know the answer is that's where the money is.
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