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House panel passes prison reform bill

By Kelly Cohen
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House panel passes prison reform bill

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday easily passed legislation that aims to reform the federal prison system and lower rates of recidivism.

The legislation sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, introduced roughly a year ago, is one of the many bills that has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee as part of a bipartisan push for criminal justice reform.

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