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WA

Washington 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Human Services Jan 13th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • We contract with jails.
  • Jails, of course, they have some of the same issues we have and have limited bed space, but we can certainly
  • It might understand we would, people currently in jail, we'd have to go back.
  • The courts would have to go back and resentence all of these people in jail under this.
  • Including the folks currently already sentenced in jail, all would have to be resentenced.
Summary: The committee began with a Department of Corrections update focused on agency culture, staff safety, reentry, and health services. Secretary Tim Lang highlighted DOC’s “Washington Way” approach, expanded visitation reforms, safety summits, community-corrections sanction changes, education and transportation improvements, partial confinement expansion, and efforts to increase volunteer and peer-led programming. Assistant Secretaries Danielle Armbruster and David Flynn described progress on Pell Grant implementation, reentry transportation, partial confinement, behavioral health standards, HIPAA compliance, the 1115 Medicaid waiver, telehealth expansion, and budget requests for opioid use disorder treatment, close-custody capacity, and staffing relief. Members asked about veterans’ units, telehealth for substance use treatment, women’s placement on the east side, correctional industries, and firefighting training. The new Office of Correction Ombuds director, Jeremiah Bourgeois, then outlined the office’s mission and limited resources, saying he would focus on the most serious complaints and continue building accountability with DOC. He described recent OCO reports, including findings of excessive force at the women’s prison, and said DOC had agreed to implement all recommendations. He also noted a new process for referring possible criminal misconduct to DOC leadership and law enforcement. Committee members praised the DOC-OCO partnership and Bourgeois’s appointment. The committee then heard Senate Bill 5895, which would add a new basis for extraordinary medical placement when DOC cannot meet an incarcerated person’s basic medical care needs. Senator Saldana said the bill is intended to provide a compassionate, workable path for people with serious or end-of-life medical needs while maintaining public safety. Testifiers in support included family members, Disability Rights Washington, and the League of Women Voters, who said the current EMP process is too restrictive and rarely results in release. DOC testified that it supports the EMP framework but has concerns about the bill’s definition of “basic medical care.” A former DOC physician suggested extending the qualifying time period and adding “approximately” to the language. The committee also heard Senate Bill 5873, which would expand escorted leaves of absence to include reentry-focused outings and broaden the family definition for funeral or bedside visits. Senator Wilson said the bill is meant to support a “slow release” and better prepare people for community reentry. DOC supported the concept, and witnesses from public defense, DOC reentry, and Amend said escorted reentry outings are consistent with evidence-based and international correctional practices. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 5945, which would limit persistent offender sentencing to convictions occurring after age 18 and require resentencing for affected people. Supporters argued the bill aligns with youth brain-development research and would address racial disparities; opponents, including prosecutors, victim advocates, and sheriffs’ representatives, said it would reopen painful cases, undermine finality, and impose costs. The hearing on that bill was still underway when the transcript ended.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Committee on Human Services - 03/26/25

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • I haven't been to jail since 1918, and it's 2025, and I'm so proud.
  • We don't want people with serious mental illnesses languishing in jail.
  • We don't illnesses languishing in jail.
  • ,</c><01:45:00.560><c> increasing</c> mental health care in jails, increasing mental health care in jails
  • Um but we also are waiting in jails.
Keywords: 1187, senate, all
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Public Health Aug 13th, 2025

Public Health

Transcript Highlights:
  • We routinely deal with mental health situations in our jails.
  • We're seeing them in our jails, we're seeing them in our schools.
  • I needed to keep my family out of jail.
  • Why are people not in jail?
  • We believe no one belongs in jail for a plant.
Bills: HB5
TX

Texas 89th 1st C.S.

State Affairs Jul 22nd, 2025

State Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • We see what it's doing to our jail population. Thank you, gentlemen.
  • Are you having jails with people above 18 years old, 21 years old? Yes, sir.
  • Nobody at this table does, and we wish to see those people in jail.
  • If they were, people would be in jail. These products have been illegal.
  • It's a 180-day jail, sir, but it's not a criminalization on the first possession.
Bills: SB 5, SB 11, SB 12
Summary: The Senate Committee on State Affairs took up Senate Bill 5, which Senator Perry described as a ban on intoxicating THC consumer products while preserving legal CBD, CBG, hemp seed, hemp seed protein powder, and hemp seed oil products. Perry argued that most retail THC products are already illegal under federal law, that the industry has used loopholes and misleading labeling to sell high-potency products, and that regulation would be ineffective because chemists can quickly alter formulations. He also said the bill would steer people with medical needs toward the Texas Compassionate Use Program (T-Cup), which he and other supporters described as the proper physician-guided alternative. Committee members and witnesses repeatedly discussed the distinction between legal hemp-derived products and intoxicating THC products, and Perry said the bill would not touch non-consumable hemp uses such as fiber and clothing. Invited testimony came from law enforcement and medical witnesses who supported the bill. Texas Police Chiefs Association representative Steve Dye, Kaufman County District Attorney Early Wiley, and Chambers County Sheriff Brian Hawthorne all said regulation would be too costly, too complex, and ultimately unenforceable, while a ban would be clearer and easier to enforce. They cited overloaded DPS labs, the need for expensive private testing, limited police and prosecutor resources, and the difficulty of keeping up with constantly changing cannabinoids and out-of-state products. Hawthorne and Wiley described raids and investigations involving warehouses, retail stores, cash seizures, and products they said were marketed to young people and often mislabeled or imported from other states. They also said the bill would help law enforcement by creating a clearer legal line and protecting legitimate CBD/CBG businesses. Dr. Lindy McGee, speaking for the Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society, testified that retail THC products pose serious risks to children and adolescents, including addiction, impaired brain development, psychosis, suicide attempts, self-harm, accidental toddler ingestions, and possible long-term cognitive effects. She said there is no effective medication treatment for THC addiction comparable to nicotine cessation tools, and she supported restrictions such as child-resistant packaging, no marketing to minors, and age limits, while opposing criminal penalties for possession by minors. Senators asked follow-up questions about brain development, memory, dementia risk, pregnancy, and cardiovascular effects. No vote was taken during the portion provided, and the committee continued with invited testimony and questions.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Senate Public Safety Committee Jun 9th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • The underdog is the presumed innocent defendant sitting in a jail cell waiting for his constitutional
  • He passed away in his office in booking at our jail facility.
  • and beloved Officer Scanlan, Fresno County correctional officer, who was shot in the Fresno County Jail
  • Samuel Cardenas of Fresno County Jail, I support this bill.
  • Samuel Cardenas of Fresno County Jail, I support this bill.
Summary: The Senate Public Safety Committee heard several bills, beginning with AB 647, which would clarify last year’s RV disposal pilot program for Los Angeles and Alameda counties so local agencies can remove abandoned, inoperable RVs more efficiently. Supporters, including a representative for Mayor Karen Bass, said the bill is needed to address public health, fire, sewage, and neighborhood safety hazards. Opponents argued the measure would be used to remove occupied RVs without adequate housing or service referrals and would harm vehicle residents. The committee later approved AB 647 on a do-pass motion to the Appropriations Committee. The committee also considered AB 1656, which would give judges discretion to delay human trafficking cases when the assigned prosecutor has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress, with amendments limiting the continuance to one time and no more than 10 days. Supporters said the bill would help preserve vertical prosecution and trauma-informed continuity for survivors; opponents raised speedy-trial and due process concerns. After discussion about balancing victim continuity and constitutional rights, the committee passed AB 1656 as amended to the floor. AB 1917, a bill to require prosecutors to file a motion before reinstating charges dismissed at preliminary hearing, also drew support from public defenders and defense groups and opposition from district attorneys, who argued the bill used the wrong procedural mechanism. The author agreed to explore moving the process into the existing 995 framework, and the committee passed AB 1917 as amended to Appropriations. AB 2636 would require courts to consider possession of a loaded firearm when deciding whether a juvenile qualifies for deferred entry of judgment. Supporters, including probation and police chiefs, said the bill would add accountability for serious gun-related conduct while preserving rehabilitation options; opponents said it would reduce access to effective youth diversion and disproportionately affect Black and brown youth. The committee passed the bill to the floor. AB 1632, which would replace notarization with a penalty-of-perjury statement for 602 trespass authorization letters, was supported by cities and law enforcement as a way to reduce bureaucracy and help address trespass and vacant-property hazards, while opponents warned of abuse and Fourth Amendment concerns. The committee adopted the amendment and passed the bill to the floor. The hearing then moved on to AB 1974, a voluntary firearm safe-storage bill, with the author introducing the measure and witnesses from Pierce’s Pledge expected to testify.
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Health and Public Affairs Jan 28th, 2026 at 03:08 pm

Senate Health & Public Affairs

Transcript Highlights:
  • The shooter was a 25-year-old convicted felon recently released from jail.
  • The other thing is that we need to take care of them, but they need to put them in jail and keep them
  • And he's a scumbag and he's rotting in jail, where I think he should be rotting in jail for the rest
  • When you're in jail, you're not hurting anybody else. And we've got to put these people in jail.
  • When you're in jail, you're not hurting anybody else. And we've got to put these people in jail.
Bills: SB4, SB7, SB9, SB17
NM

New Mexico 2026 Regular Session

Senate - Judiciary Jan 28th, 2026 at 02:58 pm

Senate Judiciary

Transcript Highlights:
  • And what that means is that we see people spending time in prison or in jail because they’re picked up
  • They're not bringing us and hold these people in jail.
  • APD, when we did this, was let's fill the jail.
  • There was about, APD, when we did this, was let's fill the jail.
  • We're seeing some of the local jails and so forth that are shutting down, right, or trying to reduce
Bills: SB100
TX

Texas 89th Regular

Criminal Justice (Part I) Apr 8th, 2025

Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:
  • So of the 114,000 migrants were the illegal status that were booked into Texas jails over the last four
  • In Travis County, they can be in and out of jail every day.
  • It's even worse in the sheriff's departments, including the detention officer ranks in the jails.
  • The DA that was handling the case not only lost his license, but went to jail.
  • And so it's... ...handling the case, not only lost his license, but went to jail.
Summary: The committee heard a series of criminal justice bills, beginning with SB 1870 and SB 1727, both of which were adopted as committee substitutes and reported favorably to the full Senate. SB 1870 would bar local governments from adopting policies that decriminalize controlled substances or direct officials not to enforce state drug laws, with civil penalties enforced by the Attorney General for violations. SB 1727 was described as a technical change to make the draft a formal Legislative Council version of a TDCJ-related assault bill; both bills were also sent to the local and uncontested calendar. The committee then took up SB 2405, the major Sunset bill for TDCJ, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, Windham School District, and the Correctional Managed Health Care Committee. Senator Parker explained that the bill continues and modernizes those agencies, requires a 10-year facilities and staffing plan, expands rehabilitation and reentry programming, improves parole-board consistency and training, and codifies various cleanup and inspector general recommendations. Sunset staff and agency witnesses discussed the bill’s data-sharing, program coordination, and projected savings from reducing delays in parole-voted programming; public witnesses generally supported the post-secondary education and reentry provisions, while some urged stronger statutory direction for Windham and more reform to medically recommended intensive supervision. The bill was left pending. SB 1804, SB 1099, SB 2569, and SB 2570 were also heard. SB 1804 would allow restitution for tattoo removal for human trafficking survivors and remove the age restriction so adult survivors can qualify; it was reported favorably and sent to the local calendar. SB 1099 would increase penalties for certain felony offenses when committed by a person determined to be unlawfully present in the country; immigration and civil rights witnesses opposed it as overbroad and difficult to administer, but it was reported favorably. SB 2569 would modernize unmanned aircraft reporting by requiring law enforcement agencies to post reports on public websites; it passed unanimously and was sent to the local calendar. SB 2570 would create a defense to prosecution for peace officers and correctional guards using less-lethal force weapons within the scope of their training; law enforcement witnesses supported it, civil rights and prosecutor witnesses raised concerns that it was too broad and could weaken existing use-of-force standards, and the bill was left pending for further work.
CO

Colorado 2026 Regular Session

Colorado Senate 2026 Legislative Day 111 May 4th, 2026

Colorado Senate Floor Meeting

Transcript Highlights:
  • Normally I don't refer to individual stakeholders, but this is a bill about what happens in jails.
  • And as we know, the sheriffs run the jails.
  • But it isn't just one person in one jail that we have to worry about.
  • </c><02:24:34.880><c> in</c> inmates in one of our county jails in inmates in one of our county jails
  • </c> the context of of the uh of the jails the context of of the uh of the jails and<02:34:58.319><c>
Keywords: 981, all
MS

Mississippi 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations - Room 210; 21 January, 2026: 1:30 PM

Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:
  • </c><02:25:49.120><c> more</c> regional jails more regional jails more so<02:25:50.960><c> that</c><02
  • If it's a jail issue, my superintendent.
  • If it's a jail issue, my superintendent.
  • If it's a jail issue, my superintendent.
  • County Regional Jail. In your budget, it County Regional Jail.
AR

Arkansas 2026 Regular Session

JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE Apr 16th, 2026

JBC-SPECIAL LANGUAGE

Transcript Highlights:
  • It amends Section 17 by removing the inability to transfer funds to the county jail reimbursement fund
  • language that currently exists in the appropriation acts that allows us to transfer funding to county jail
  • I'd asked this question earlier too, so would you just explain to me: once it goes into the county jail
Summary: The Special Language subcommittee met with a quorum and reviewed several governor’s letters containing special language for appropriations bills. Members heard housekeeping about the subcommittee’s call-based schedule and its role in reviewing only special language, not appropriations or personnel items. The committee then considered amendments affecting the Department of Finance and Administration, Department of Correction, Department of Education, Department of Agriculture, Department of Public Safety, shared administrative services, Commerce/Workforce Services, and Environment and Quality. Key items included language directing DFA to limit administrative costs for pregnancy help organizations to 25% of awards; removing conflicting language so county jail reimbursement funds can only receive transfers in, not out; updating code to assign child nutrition responsibilities to the Department of Agriculture; implementing Act 909 of 2025 changes for school district EBD employer contributions and teacher equalization funds; and allowing the state CFO to waive a 3% central services fee for agricultural promotion boards to keep more funds in the industry. Members also discussed using Camp Robinson facility revenues for maintenance, allowing shared services billing under the Arkansas Forward Initiative, designating Arkansas Rehabilitation Services as the state unit for vocational rehab grants, and capping used tire program reimbursement rates at $2.31 starting July 1, 2026. There was brief discussion on the agriculture fee waiver, with questions about its purpose, duration, and possible precedent; agency officials said it was a discretionary, point-in-time waiver meant to help the farm sector during a crisis. Another question addressed reporting on crisis pregnancy center grants, with DFA noting no grant funds had yet been distributed this fiscal year. Each amendment was adopted by voice vote, item 9 was skipped because it was superseded by item 10, and the meeting adjourned after all agenda items were completed.
FL

Florida 2026 4th Special Session

January 22, 2026 - 10:30 AM

Transcript Highlights:
  • they placed him unrestrained in the back of the van on a bench and proceeded to transport him to the jail
  • On the way to the jail, the van stopped short, sending Mr.
  • He was still unconscious when they arrived at the jail and instead of seeking medical help, law enforcement
  • Public Defender's Office in Miami during the crack cocaine epidemic where a lot of people were going to jail
FL

Florida 2025 Regular Session

December 9, 2025 - 12:30 PM

Transcript Highlights:
  • THE IRS, THE COURT SYSTEMS, PREDATORS AND EVEN THROUGH – EVEN INMATES IN JAIL ARE PART OF THIS SCHEME
  • A GROCERY BAG AND GO TO THE LOCAL LIQUOR STORE AND PUT IT IN THERE TO GET HER GRANDDAUGHTER OUT OF JAIL
  • WHEN THEY CALL UP INTO A ROMANCE SCAM OR IRS SCAM OR A GRANDPARENT SCAN THAT SAYS YOUR CHILD IS IN JAIL
  • OR YOUR GRANDSON IS IN JAIL.
MN

Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Conference Committee on HF2432 5/13/25

Transcript Highlights:
  • This would provide local jail inmates convicted of assaulting a sheriff's correctional officer to serve
  • 00:08:09.199><c> would</c><00:08:09.599><c> provide</c><00:08:10.560><c> local</c><00:08:11.120><c> jail
  • This would provide local jail 48.25.
  • This would provide local jail inmates<00:08:12.319><c> uh</c><00:08:12.639><c> convicted</c><00:08:13.199
Keywords: 919, house, all
Summary: The Public Safety and Judiciary Conference Committee met on May 13, 2025, with a quorum present and heard emotional testimony on Senate File 281, the coercion crime bill. Jamie Bumth testified about her son Carter’s death by suicide after being targeted in an online sextortion scheme, describing how the perpetrator groomed, shamed, and extorted him and urging lawmakers to hold offenders accountable and better protect children online. Members thanked her for sharing her story, and the committee then moved on without further discussion of that item. The committee next adopted several agreed-upon policy items. It approved Article 4, R17 House language, which extends consecutive sentencing to local jail inmates who assault a sheriff’s correctional officer, mirroring existing law for state correctional inmates and limiting the scope to first- through fourth-degree assault. The motion passed unanimously. Members also adopted Article 5, R1 Senate language with changes: replacing “preserve and protect” with “document,” removing a disputed provision related to fleeing individuals for future work, and inserting “active” so the language refers to facilitating the active search for a missing person. The committee then adopted the A3 amendment concerning felony murder resentencing, clarifying that when eligible individuals are resentenced, the predicate felony or lesser-included offense is redesignated for the felony murder charge while preserving the original conviction date, and applying the clarification to resentencings from August 1, 2023. All motions passed, and the committee adjourned after concluding its formal agenda.
CA

California 2025-2026 Regular Session

Assembly Public Safety Committee Jun 30th, 2026

Transcript Highlights:
  • County jail under this bill instead of six months under the current law, that will cost L.A.
  • 2021 and 2024, calling them among the state's deadliest jails.
  • The public health benefits of this bill extend far beyond the crisis in Riverside's jails.
  • He passed away while in custody in the San Diego County jail. I'm still looking for answers.
  • It is not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Summary: The committee heard several bills, though no final votes were taken because a quorum had not yet been established. SB 493 by Senator Becker would add war or armed conflict to California’s price-gouging emergency triggers, with the author and supporters arguing it would protect consumers from gas-price spikes tied to international conflict. Opponents, including business and housing groups, warned the bill could over-trigger emergency powers and create broad, ongoing price controls. The chair indicated support for an aye-as-amended recommendation once quorum was reached. SB 1056 by Senator Grayson would require protective orders for disclosure of sexually explicit material involving adult victims in specified criminal cases. Denise Huskins-Quinn and Aaron Quinn testified in support, describing how sensitive evidence in their case was copied and handled without adequate safeguards; supporters said the bill would extend privacy protections similar to those already used for child sexual abuse material. Criminal defense attorneys supported the goal but raised concerns about notice procedures and how the bill would apply when material is in the public domain. The chair said the bill filled a gap in existing law and would receive an aye recommendation. SB 1208 by Senator Grayson would let law enforcement seize and return crypto assets used in scams and fraud to victims. The Attorney General’s office and law enforcement groups supported the bill as a tool to recover losses from transnational crypto fraud, while the ACLU and public defenders argued it lowered the burden of proof, raised constitutional concerns, and could be misused against unbanked or low-level defendants. The chair nevertheless said the bill aligned with existing law for stolen property and would be recommended aye. SB 874 by Senator Weber-Pearson would strengthen oversight of Medi-Cal behavioral health treatment services, including requiring background checks for employees of providers and convening a stakeholder workgroup; it drew support from the California Association for Behavior Analysis and no opposition was heard. Later, SB 1266 by Senator Stern would change how the value of stolen copper and related infrastructure damage is calculated, aiming to address copper theft and its costs to cities and utilities. Supporters said the bill would better capture the real harm from thefts that disrupt streetlights, telecom, and emergency services, while opponents argued it would inflate charges, turn many misdemeanors into felonies, and increase court and incarceration costs. The author said he would continue discussions and accept the amendments. Senator Cervantes presented SB 1379, which would separate the Riverside County sheriff and coroner offices and create an independent medical examiner; supporters cited in-custody death concerns and conflicts of interest, while opponents said the problem was not unique to Riverside and that the bill would override local control. Cervantes also presented SB 1418 to extend ballot-custody protections to other election records and equipment after a Riverside County ballot seizure, with support from the Attorney General’s office. Finally, Senator Blakespear began presenting SB 936 on nitrous oxide misuse, describing public health, impaired-driving, and disposal concerns, but the transcript cuts off before the bill’s testimony concluded.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • County jails often rely on mandatory overtime to maintain the security of their facilities.
  • We've also, we're also responsible for maintaining the jail.
  • Uh, with as far as Bear County, upwards of 5000 inmates across three different jail facilities and housing
  • Uh, you could have a, uh, another subsection at the jail, uh, to allow for, you know, some of that Hispanic
  • I started in 1990 in the jail.
TX
Transcript Highlights:
  • Last year, Senator Whitmire had some concerns about law enforcement. in jail, and this bill had his blessing
  • These include jail-based competency restoration, outpatient competency restoration. interacting with
  • We have developed a jail-based competency restoration program. met for over a year to make sure we've
  • We're pushing people into the jails, so this bill is an opportunity to collect more data.
  • So that's one, and then the CCQ, so when you are arrested and you go to jail, can't do this out in the
MA
Transcript Highlights:
  • completed the obligation with no further criminal justice intervention, meaning that they avoided the jail
  • And so, you know, the definition includes people leaving jail or prison within six months, people who've
  • recently left jail or prison within a year, people who are visiting jail or prison within a year, people
  • We look at who's in the jail, why they're in the jail, what's the bail amount, is it 90 days longer or
Keywords: 995, all
Summary: The Special Commission on Correctional Consolidation and Collaboration met to approve the May 5 minutes and hear a presentation from the Massachusetts Probation Service. The minutes were approved unanimously, with a request that a member’s closing remarks be added to the record. The commission also noted online participants and confirmed quorum before moving to the presentation. Probation leaders described the agency’s role as the state’s largest post-release supervision system and emphasized its focus on reentry, accountability, and reducing technical violations. They outlined the from-and-after sentencing structure, dual supervision with parole, and efforts to reduce revocations and non-criminal violations. Members asked about racial and ethnic disparity work, and probation said that effort is funded through the trial court and state budget, not federal grants. The presentation highlighted community engagement, simplified and translated probation conditions, workforce diversification, and training aimed at improving trust and access for court users. A major portion of the discussion focused on Community Justice Support Centers, evidence-based programming, and shared services such as housing, MassHealth enrollment, transportation, and behavioral health referrals. Probation said the centers are underutilized but have shown improved outcomes in non-randomized studies, with lower recidivism among participants compared with similar probationers. Members discussed mental health access, veterans identification, medication-assisted treatment, and the importance of state IDs and driver’s licenses for successful reentry. The commission also heard about housing supports, including transitional and sober housing, and a statewide behavioral health initiative for justice-involved individuals. The meeting ended with plans for the next session on July 11 and a motion to adjourn, which passed.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/11/2026 - Senate Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services

Transcript Highlights:
  • And just to digress a bit, again, we have kept him either in jail or at ASH or in an inpatient mental
  • hard decisions are being made all the time based upon cost and medical conditions of defendants in jails
  • So, Jacob, wouldn't the county be responsible anyway if they're sitting in a county jail?
  • If they're sitting in a county jail, yes, but these individuals are there for the long term, essentially
  • They are not in our jail. They cannot be held in our jail. They are not competent to stand trial.
OK

Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session

Appropriations and Budget Jan 29th, 2026 at 01:30 pm

Appropriations and Budget

Transcript Highlights:
  • public about what we're doing and how we're trying to help Those individuals who are in our county jails
  • was well documented that the consent decree came about because some of these individuals had been in jail
  • We do need more individuals coming in and working the jail issue.
  • The meeting we had with those judges, the jails are having a challenge with Supplying the medication
  • And then I've also deferred to our staff that deals with the jails, etc.
Keywords: 914, all