Rep. Velazquez Issues Statement at Hearing on Prison to Proprietorship
October 23, 2019
October 23, 2019
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following statement at a hearing entitled "Prison to Proprietorship: Entrepreneurship Opportunities for the Formerly Incarcerated":
"Let me begin by talking about our criminal justice system. The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Despite having only 5 percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the w . . .
"Let me begin by talking about our criminal justice system. The United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Despite having only 5 percent of the world's population, we have 25 percent of the w . . .