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Here's the speech where @HillaryClinton called for an end to the era of mass incarceration at very start of campaign http://www.vox.com/2015/4/29/8514831/hillary-clinton-criminal-justice-transcript …


Read: Hillary Clinton’s huge new speech on criminal justice reform

Updated by Andrew Prokop on April 29, 2015, 12:30 p.m. ET @awprokop
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Hillary Clinton, delivering her speech on criminal justice reform on Wednesday. Kevin Hagen / Getty

Hillary Clinton spoke about reforming criminal justice at Columbia University on Wednesday. Here's the full text of her remarks, as delivered.

Thank you so much. I am absolutely delighted to be back here at Columbia. I want to thank President Bollinger, Dean Janow, and everyone at the School of International and Public Affairs. It is a special treat to be here with and on behalf of a great leader of this city and our country, David Dinkins. He has made such an indelible impact on New York, and I had the great privilege of working with him as First Lady and then, of course, as a new senator.

When I was just starting out as a senator, David's door was always open. He and his wonderful wife Joyce were great friends and supporters and good sounding boards about ideas that we wanted to consider to enhance the quality of life and the opportunities for the people of this city. I was pleased to address the Dinkins Leadership and Public Policy Forum in my first year as a senator, and I so appreciated then as I have in the years since David's generosity with his time and most of all his wisdom. So 14 years later, I'm honored to have this chance, once again, to help celebrate the legacy of one of New York's greatest public servants.

I'm pleased too that you will have the opportunity after my remarks to hear from such a distinguished panel, to go into more detail about some of the issues that we face. I also know that Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer is here, along with other local and community leaders.

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