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On the recordDecember 11, 2012
These children should not be in adult prisons, and our legislation will help with that, especially when you are talking about at-risk youth, many times needing mental or drug rehabilitation, not prison.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes the need for youth rehabilitation over incarceration.

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