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These conditions make it impossible to perform the work of personal reconstruction of prisoners so as to prepare them for return to the duties of citizenship.
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gutenberg.orgHerbert Hoover: “These conditions make it impossible to perform the work of personal reconstruction of prisoners so as to prepare them…”
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Hoover points out that overcrowded prisons hinder the rehabilitation of inmates for their reintegration into society.
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