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John Conyers: “This hearing begins with a recognition of the fact that the prisons, the Federal prisons, are 14 percent over capacity.”

On the recordApril 9, 2013
This hearing begins with a recognition of the fact that the prisons, the Federal prisons, are 14 percent over capacity.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers highlights overcrowding in federal prisons at the start of the hearing.

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