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Jim Sensenbrenner: merely throwing somebody in jail and then having them come out and probably go back to the bad ways that got them to…

On the recordJuly 27, 2015
merely throwing somebody in jail and then having them come out and probably go back to the bad ways that got them to jail in the first place is something that ought to be addressed.
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Jim Sensenbrenner
Republican · Wisconsin

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Sensenbrenner emphasizes the need for alternatives to incarceration for drug offenders.

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