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Ayanna Pressley: This should ring alarm bells for every lawmaker because it impacts mass incarceration in each and every one of our…

On the recordMay 18, 2022
This should ring alarm bells for every lawmaker because it impacts mass incarceration in each and every one of our districts, and it should stoke the moral outrage of everyone who calls this nation home, as this is a shameful legacy.
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Ayanna Pressley
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Pressley highlights the urgent issue of mass incarceration in the U.S.

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