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Andrea Joy Campbell: the cost of incarceration is all I am after in this particular bill, in this particular effort, because it is the…

On the recordJune 22, 2000
the cost of incarceration is all I am after in this particular bill, in this particular effort, because it is the incarceration of people on the basis of evidence that they cannot see that strikes me as the least fair of all.
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Andrea Joy Campbell
Massachusetts

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Discussing the costs associated with incarceration in relation to a specific bill.

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