I hope that that will lead to an honest evaluation of how we can continue to make for a safe prison system, one that is fair and humane, one that anticipates, as you said, that the vast majority of those inmates will one day be back on the street, and the condition that they will be in when they return to society.
Durbin emphasizes the need for a fair and humane prison system.
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