Bernie Sanders: Our Criminal Justice System is Broken, Ending Private Prisons is a Good First Step Forward

by Press Release on September 8, 2015

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BURLINGTON, Vt. –-(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2015. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders stated today that the United States needs major reforms to our broken criminal justice system, and that a good step forward would be to end the practice of prisons in America being run by private corporations. He will soon introduce legislation to do just that.