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On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
I have a high suspicious of people that are in charge of imprisonment of folks, disproportionately minority, disproportionately poor, and that have some profit incentive to see more people coming into their institutions.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

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Booker expresses concern about private prisons and their impact on minorities and the poor.

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