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Jim Risch: “There is a human side to this that never gets talked about.”

On the recordJanuary 15, 2014
There is a human side to this that never gets talked about.
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Jim Risch
Republican · Idaho

Editor's note · Context

Risch highlights the personal impact of imprisonment on families.

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