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Mark Takano: The United States spends at least 80 billion dollars annually on incarceration...

On the recordJune 14, 2021
The United States spends at least 80 billion dollars annually on incarceration...
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano highlights the high costs of incarceration compared to workforce development spending.

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