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Jerry Nadler: “I didn't ask that. I said do we have the capacity to hold dangerous people in our maximum security prisons.”

On the recordMay 19, 2009
I didn't ask that. I said do we have the capacity to hold dangerous people in our maximum security prisons.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler seeks clarification on the capacity to hold dangerous detainees securely.

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