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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Today I introduce the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct by Correctional Staff Act, a bill to protect female inmates from…”

On the recordOctober 27, 1999
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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congress.gov
Oct 27, 1999

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

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