Kendra Horn calls private prisons unethical and immoral at VOICE forum
WARR ACRES — At a forum meant for two but attended by one, Democrat Kendra Horn called for an end to private prisons, vowed to protect the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and committed to voting for a clean Dream Act if elected to Congress.
Voices Organized in Civil Engagement — a left-leaning coalition of Christian congregations, labor unions and nonprofits — held a forum for Horn and Republican Rep. Steve Russell on Sunday in a St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church auditorium. About 100 people attended, but the congressman was not among them.
When asked by Heather Sparks, a former Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, what criminal justice reforms she would adopt, Horn stated her support for two: ending private prisons and removing marijuana from the federal list of Schedule I drugs.
“We have to start by eliminating the private prison industry, from the state to the federal level,” Horn said, garnering loud and sustained cheers. “It is immoral, it is unethical and it is a waste of taxpayer dollars. If somebody wants to talk about wasting taxpayer dollars, talk about that. And it doesn't help us.”
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