Ron Johnson: “In 1980, the prison population in the federal system was…”

“According to your bio that I have in front of me, you began as a correctional officer in March of 1988. Can you just. Because we've all quoted statistics here that In 1980, the prison population in the federal system was 25,000. Now it's over 200,000. Can you just give us your perspective in terms of what all has happened, what you've witnessed over your career? Thank you, Senator.” (19:58–20:04)

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