L.A. has the largest jail system in the country.

You got people that been in jail just like one time,

and their life can't get nothing because of whatever mistake they made.

I stole some ground turkey because I wanted to feed my family.

We was hungry.

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From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

Native Americans versus Big Oil.

Hello again, I'm on an al-me, and this is To the Point.

Almost 2,000 Native Americans from tribes all over the country have gathered in

Cannonball North Dakota near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation.

They're waiting for a court ruling on Friday.

Did the Army Corps of Engineers ignore American Indian rights when it approved an oil pipeline under the Missouri River?

The tribes claim it endangers the water supply and that sacred burial sites have already been disturbed.

In the past few days, there's been violence.

A new generation is raising issues that go back to America's founding

in the midst of the current debate on the nation's energy supply.

On our talking point later, can local voting officials protect against hacking?

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