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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
Drug offenses alone account for two-thirds of the rise in the Federal inmate population and more than half the rise in State prisoners between 1985 and 2000.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers highlights the impact of drug offenses on incarceration rates.

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