05/06/2012
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"We must address the overcrowding crisis in Federal prisons that made prisons more dangerous and dramatically increased the inmate-to-correctional officer ratio."
"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons."
"This hearing of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights will come to order."
"Last year, my own State of Illinois closed the Tamms Correctional Center, which I mentioned earlier, relocating the remaining prisoners to other facilities."