Senator Durbin thanks the chairman during the proceedings.
09/15/2009
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Today in the United States, more than 2.3 million people are imprisoned.
Do you believe that isolation, 23-hour isolation, has a negative impact on the mental health of an individual?
I went to Tamms, a state facility in Illinois, where we have isolation, and they took me into what was--almost an incredible experience.
I have authored the Fair Sentencing Act, which finally reduced dramatically the disparity between crack and powder cocaine.