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Bennie Thompson: “If prisons were a cause of jihad radicalization, even a weak cause, then the country would be rife with terrorists.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2011
If prisons were a cause of jihad radicalization, even a weak cause, then the country would be rife with terrorists.
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Bennie Thompson
Democratic · Mississippi

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Thompson argues that prisons do not significantly contribute to jihad radicalization.

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