But the challenges associated with what we have to do is we're trying to protect the inmates as well as the staff who are in our facilities. But the driver has been the war on drugs. Has there been any legitimate increase due to a crackdown on violent crime? that, you know we just. We just really, again, appropriately crack down on that, or is that really like we didn't become more criminal society? We are, we are. (22:16–22:22)
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