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On the recordNovember 14, 2013
we imprison more young Black men between the ages of 20 and 34 in this country than South Africa under apartheid
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers highlights the disproportionate imprisonment of young Black men in the U.S.

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