So we kind of look at the prison overcrowding and putting two people in that kind of space is making the situation much worse.
It strikes me that it raises a serious question.
Solitary confinement makes our criminal justice system criminal.
We do not have to cross that line, and we all kind of know where that line is.
I do not think this makes the situation any better. Some of them are stuck in a cell with somebody who is worse off than...
We can no longer slam the cell door and turn our backs on the impact our policies have on those incarcerated and the saf...
I would like to call the second panel. I want to ask consent that Senator Leahy's statement be placed in the record.
We also have an obligation to look in the mirror, to look at our own human rights record.
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 ...
We have got to do something about this, and we did.
We want to make certain--or at least our policy is that those with serious mental illness will not be sent there in the ...