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On the recordFebruary 23, 2010
A recent Pew study shows that one in thirty-one adults is currently under correctional control, up from one in seventy-seven back in 1982.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California

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Discussing the growth of adult correctional control and its financial implications.

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