Russ Marlan
Russ Marlan
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These are human beings who have a long history of failing to comply with laws, and were not going to say this is a cure-all. But we hope we can see at least a modest reduction.
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There's not a shred of truth to that.
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It was a rapid retreat once they saw the emergency team advancing.
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It is the program's intent to remove any barriers that would prevent them from getting a job, paying taxes and abstaining from illegal behavior. Before, it didn't take a genius to figure out it wouldn't be long before they'd go back to stealing, selling drugs, whatever it took to make a living.
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We believe our employees in that unit were aware of that Supreme Court decision.
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We're obviously looking into the circumstances surrounding this, what the prisoners' purpose was and what exactly happened. It was an apparent act of protest.
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We're investigating what happened and why. Apparently they went there as an act of protest and were not going to leave.
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What we're examining in this investigation is if there were alternatives to automatically releasing him.
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We were aware of that opinion and thought it was being applied. That is certainly part of our investigation.