I would just ask, given all that has been documented about the fact that inmates are more likely to recidivate in the private prison context, the safety conditions, the humanity of the conditions in which they are maintained, dramatically different than what is done in the Bureau of Prison System that that be reevaluated internally.
Hakeem Jeffries: “I would just ask, given all that has been documented about the fact that inmates are more likely to recidivate in the…”
On the recordApril 16, 2018
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Jeffries urges reevaluation of private prison conditions due to recidivism and safety concerns.
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