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David Scott: “Now, if you look at what we are spending just on the counterproductive part of that incarceration and divide it out, you…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2009
Now, if you look at what we are spending just on the counterproductive part of that incarceration and divide it out, you are talking about $3,500 per child per year.
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David Scott
Democratic · Georgia

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Scott discusses the high costs of counterproductive incarceration spending.

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