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Lisa McClain: “Do we have any actual physical data on to incarcerate a child is $50,000.00 a year, versus to rehabilitate the child…”

On the recordMay 16, 2022
Do we have any actual physical data on to incarcerate a child is $50,000.00 a year, versus to rehabilitate the child through one of your programs costs 13?
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Lisa McClain
Republican · Michigan

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McClain questions the cost difference between incarceration and rehabilitation for juveniles.

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