Summer Lee

I think we have to make it very clear what--no matter who we are, feel a healing sense or unifying sense in this time.

Now, we have the opportunity to ensure that we have a hymn.

All should know that Chair Cohen has been at the forefront of the voting rights trial and tribulation and advocacy.

I thank you; I want to make sure that we thank the hardworking officers who go by the appropriate mixture of reform, accountability, and compassion.

I'm also going to suggest that there is a Board of Health oversight for the Department of Prisons--Federal Bureau of Prisons.

These are human beings deserving of restoration and dignity, men and women.

This has been an important hearing, insightful approaches by our Members on both sides of the aisle.

Yes, they do have rights, just as victims have rights.

Are you aware of the racially disparate impact of the PATTERN risk assessment tool, and that inmates of color may be more likely to be scored as high risk than white?

Under the CARES Act, with your discretion, individuals do not have to meet the 50 percent time of their sentence, is that correct?

Do you use the CARES Act? Is that ongoing to be utilized today since it is still operable in law? Do you use that?

If you would give this Committee an update on the moment that the lockdown stops, we would appreciate it, for all the Members.

Finally, do you think it would help inmates on the compassionate release if BOP filed the motions rather than the inmates?

With this in mind, have you considered revising the threshold cutoff between risk categories, which would enable more individuals to earn credits for an early release and maximize the benefits of the First Step Act, and take away the…

I am committed that we will have not only justice accountability, but that we will look to prison reform and have restoration.

I want to maintain by citing the numbers that we are also very concerned about our radios of all levels, AM/FM, because they are important vehicles and vessels in our community.

Let me say to all our Members data is crucial.

Thank you very much. My time has expired.

The doublespeak coming out of the Department of Justice is quite striking.

Ninty-six percent of the motions filed for compassionate relief were done by the prisons.

I don't want to interrupt you, but you are absolutely right, and we will be having the very next hearing in a few next days on that very point.

Thank you very much for your testimony. I thank all of you for your opening statements.

This is a wasted opportunity to deliver justice to people of low risk of recidivism.

Nobody deserves to die from this disease, and we have a duty to ensure basic protections for those in our custody.

I commend the Biden Administration for making this important move.