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Old 07-15-2009, 10:16 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
you're preaching to the choir about the number of people we put in prison, but we are also talking about death row inmates. separate wing of prison where prisoners only get an hour a day in the yard for exercise.....by themselves. what security?
What you're asking for is more resources to make the system more secure. What I'm saying is that you have a huge penal system, and these things take time and money to fix. It's not that they don't want to.
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