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Herbert Hoover: “Atlanta is 120 percent over capacity in inmates at the present time, and Leavenworth 87 percent, all of which is the…”

On the recordAugust 5, 1929
Atlanta is 120 percent over capacity in inmates at the present time, and Leavenworth 87 percent, all of which is the cause of infinite demoralization and the direct cause of outbreaks and trouble.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Statement on Plans for Federal Prison Reform.

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