Mary Gay Scanlon: “It's critical to ensuring the fidelity of our country to the rule of law as well as improving functioning of the asylum…”

So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.

After not being in session for so long, one week has got everyone ready to go home.

It’s inhumane. It’s traumatizing, and it’s particularly grotesque because this is then being done so private prison companies can make more profit.

It makes it difficult to … follow up on issues about food and medical care if you can’t talk to people who are impacted.