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Stephen Lynch: “The vast majority of the people who are being held here are…”

Featuring: Stephen Lynch, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 8th Congressional District

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They're all given tablets where they can communicate with their families, with their attorneys. And as Jim and Ayanna and myself, we've been to other facilities that this is not the case. Those are ICE facilities. The vast majority of the people who are being held here are what the Corrections Department considers very, very, very low risk. They're not dangerous people. They're not being held for any crimes. They're not being held for any offenses. They have no criminal record. But they are being detained. (04:13–04:26)

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Asserts that most detainees are considered very low risk by the Corrections Department.

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