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Ron Johnson: “Are you saying that the law or the regulation is just…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Chairman Johnson remarks at HSGAC hearing on prison oversight

Published | Video Starts at 25:01

So again, we're talking about compassionate release. We're talking about early release, we're talking about release to foreign nationals. And under all three of those types of programs, Are you saying that the law or the regulation is just written too restrictively and just doesn't give you the latitude to utilize those programs more fully? And then, Inspector General, I'll be asking you the same question. Well, we've expanded, as you know, with the compassionate Release program. We moved from medical to non medical. (25:01–25:11)

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Asserts that restrictive laws or regulations limit the use of release programs.

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