Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I would say to you that Norm Carlson--some of you might remember him, former prison commissioner, and he said there is no area that he knew of in which more people thought they had the one answer to f..."

"Discipline is a big part of success in these programs."

"But I think what I hear you saying is that without placing the public at any real greater risk, maybe marginally, you could put more people under intense supervision and have a net gain for the public..."

"So the Federal system should be done right, but so if you take money--the problem with States is--one of the problems is that the probation officers in Alabama are paid by the State of Alabama."