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Mark Warner: “My hope would be--the reports have come up of minors being kept in solitary confinement for 23 to 24 hours, to being…”

On the recordJune 25, 2018
My hope would be--the reports have come up of minors being kept in solitary confinement for 23 to 24 hours, to being strapped to a chair, to being strapped to a chair without any clothing, to having bags put over their head, all practices that both seem inhumane and worthy of a great deal of review.
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Mark Warner
Democratic · Virginia

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Warner expresses concern over inhumane treatment of minors in custody.

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