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Hakeem Jeffries: “The presumption at the Bureau of Prisons should be to utilize the tools available to it to allow inmates relief from…”

On the recordDecember 1, 2020
The presumption at the Bureau of Prisons should be to utilize the tools available to it to allow inmates relief from this potentially deadly virus.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for measures to protect inmates from COVID-19.

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