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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “In prisons, as the violence goes down by 40 or 50%…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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… safety reasons, because we know in their study after study, and you can go on Google and look them up and show when they change the food to real food. In prisons, as the violence goes down by 40 or 50%, disciplinary problems drop by 40 or 50%, use of restraints in juvenile detention facilities go down by 70%. This is a mental health issue, as when a behavioral issue as well as a physical health issue. (15:11–15:25)

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Asserts that changing prison food reduces violence and disciplinary problems significantly.

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