Rep. Gary Palmer said public schools in Washington, D.C., are 'inmate factories,” during a congressional hearing. D.C. City Council Chairman Mendelson pushed back on the comment, saying he does not agree that the city's schools 'are factories for crime.”
WASHINGTON — Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., referred to public schools in Washington, D.C., as"inmate factories" at a congressional hearing on oversight of the nation's capital that saw Republicans criticizing the city's leaders on issues like crime and drugs.
He went on to say that adolescents who commit crimes across the country are largely high school dropouts, telling D.C. Councilman Charles Allen he could shake his head in disagreement"all you want."
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