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.
Herbert Hoover: “Atlanta is 120 percent over capacity in inmates at the present time, and Leavenworth 87 percent, all of which is the…”
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Statement on Plans for Federal Prison Reform.
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