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On the recordJune 18, 2012
We want to make certain--or at least our policy is that those with serious mental illness will not be sent there in the first place.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the policy against sending mentally ill individuals to supermax facilities.

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