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On the recordOctober 27, 1999
Mr. Speaker, today I introduce the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff Act, a bill to protect female inmates from sexual misconduct while incarcerated in our nation's prisons.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Introduction of a bill aimed at preventing sexual misconduct in prisons.

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