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On the recordMarch 5, 2013
At its current funding level, the program cannot begin to service the roughly 700 thousand citizens released annually.
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Jack Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis highlights insufficient funding for the Second Chance Act affecting released citizens.

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