Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
If I could start with Ms. Christie, I want to take the opportunity to thank you for your courage in coming before the committee and sharing your story. I think it's very instructive, and I know that it couldn't have been easy to share it
You had an experience where, like most inmates, you were facing an addiction issue. We know that over 80% of inmates in federal facilities face some kind of addiction issue. If you can reflect upon your first experience in prison, as you went there numerous times, can you think about what might have made a difference for you at that moment in time? Were you at a point in your life where that first interaction in a prison and with the judicial system could have been such that it might have led you to turn away from that path at the time?