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On the recordFebruary 25, 2014
we must do a better job of focusing on rehabilitation so that those who have committed crimes can receive the punishment but also treatment and resources to have productive and law abiding lives.
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Nita Lowey
Democratic · New York

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Advocating for rehabilitation in the criminal justice system.

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