We will get started just in a second. Welcome, i have a brief Opening Statement and doctors lawyer thank you for coming. Well get you sworn in here in a moment. Its important that we have this oversight here and there is a couple of inquiry and everything is about Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the first steps act and where could we go from there and how could you build upon that and those of three areas i would like to talk about at all tonight over. Thank you very much mister chairman. I want to welcome you and its wonderful for me to say a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few moments at least that you are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates and one of the Justice Departments largest employers and approximately 35,500 employees as may of this year. As the chairman mentioned there are two issues i hope we can focus on. One is the First Step Act which you mentioned and the second is applaud blooms with staffing within your department. Im g
We will get started just in a second. Welcome, i have a brief Opening Statement and doctors lawyer thank you for coming. Well get you sworn in here in a moment. Its important that we have this oversight here and there is a couple of inquiry and everything is about Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the first steps act and where could we go from there and how could you build upon that and those of three areas i would like to talk about at all tonight over. Thank you very much mister chairman. I want to welcome you and its wonderful for me to say a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few moments at least that you are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates and one of the Justice Departments largest employers and approximately 35,500 employees as may of this year. As the chairman mentioned there are two issues i hope we can focus on. One is the First Step Act which you mentioned and the second is applaud blooms with staffing within your department. Im g
We will get started just in a second. Welcome, i have a brief Opening Statement and doctors lawyer thank you for coming. Well get you sworn in here in a moment. Its important that we have this oversight here and there is a couple of inquiry and everything is about Jeffrey Epstein and hopefully about the first steps act and where could we go from there and how could you build upon that and those of three areas i would like to talk about at all tonight over. Thank you very much mister chairman. I want to welcome you and its wonderful for me to say a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few moments at least that you are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates and one of the Justice Departments largest employers and approximately 35,500 employees as may of this year. As the chairman mentioned there are two issues i hope we can focus on. One is the First Step Act which you mentioned and the second is applaud blooms with staffing within your department. Im g
And i will turn it over. Thank you very much mister chairman. I want to welcome you and its wonderful for me to say see a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few moments at least that you are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates and one of the Justice Departments largest employers and approximately 35,500 employees as may of this year. As the chairman mentioned there are two issues i hope we can focus on. One is the First Step Act which you mentioned and the second is applaud blooms with is problems with staffing conditions within your department. Im going to put most of this in the record. I think what ill do mister chairman in the interest of time is put the statement in the record. Without objection. Senator durbin . Thank you mister chairman. Last Year Congress came together to pass what i considered one of the most important criminal Justice Reform laws and the nation. The first stepped hacked from overwhelming majority signed by President Tru
Support that we have a oversight hearing i think there will be a couple areas of inquiry, all things Jeffrey Epstein. And hopefully about the implementation of firststepan a. And where do we go from there. How do you build upon that those are the three areas i would like to talk about. I will turn over to senator feinstein. E areas i would like to talk about at all tonight over. Thank you very much mister chairman. I want to welcome you and its wonderful for me to say a woman in charge so we can celebrate for a few moments at least that you are responsible for the care and custody of over 180,000 federal inmates and one of the approximately 35,500 employees as of may of this year. And as the chairman mentioned that are two issues i hope we can focus on your point is the First Step Act which he mentioned, and the second is problems with staffing and conditions within your department. Im going to put most of this in the record, but i think what ill do, mr. Chairman, in the interest of ti