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On the recordMarch 9, 2011
We are spending too much money incarcerating young men, young black men whose lives could be saved.
Said by
James A. Lewis
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Lewis emphasizes the financial and social costs of mass incarceration, particularly affecting young black men.

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