Jasmine Crockett: “Today, approximately 35,000 correctional officers and staff…”

“Today's hearing could not come at a timelier moment with this being National Correctional Officers Week. So thank you to all of our correctional officers. Today, approximately 35,000 correctional officers and staff are under the control of the Bureau of Prisons. And during the last hundred plus days of this administration, we've seen just how little Trump cares about the BOP staff ability to do their job, overseeing and protecting roughly 155,000 incarcerated people in our federal prison system.” (00:43–00:51)

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