Until someone tells me how they are going to be better regulated and how we are going to get these facilities into compliance so that children are not abused, either sexually or physically, it is going to be really hard for us to expand any kind of detention jurisdiction.
Heitkamp emphasizes the need for better regulation of detention facilities to protect children.
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