You get to bring it back to your cell. And these are things that are ridiculous that we have to legislate under a Democratic governor who appointed the secretary of the Department of Corrections. It's ridiculous that, like, my office mates and I are like having conversations at our office, hugging each other, being like, is this long enough? Because we have stripped away the humanity from so many people that we incarcerate and kept them from being outside or seeing the sky, sometimes for years at a time, is totally inhumane. (46:15–46:22)
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Asserts that current legislation requires discussions on humane treatment, such as allowing hugs, indicating a lack of basic human rights in incarceration.
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