Richard Nixon: “Too frequently correctional systems in the United States breed crime…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1971

Too frequently correctional systems in the United States breed crime instead of returning rehabilitated men to society.

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Republican · California

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Statement on Signing the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970.

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Richard Nixon: “Too frequently correctional systems in the United States breed crime instead of returning rehabilitated men to society.”