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On the recordSeptember 15, 1966
No national strategy against crime can succeed if we do not restore more of our first offenders to productive society.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Attorney General in Response to a Progress Report on the Bureau of Prisons' Work Release Program.

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