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Mazie Hirono: “Well, my understanding is that as a general proposition, women are in prison for drug crimes and not violent crimes.”

On the recordNovember 5, 2013
Well, my understanding is that as a general proposition, women are in prison for drug crimes and not violent crimes.
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Mazie Hirono
Democratic · Hawaii

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Hirono highlights the different profiles of female inmates compared to male inmates.

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