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G. K. Butterfield: “Let us remember that 90 percent of those who are incarcerated are in state prisons, 10 percent are in Federal prisons.”

On the recordJuly 12, 2019
Let us remember that 90 percent of those who are incarcerated are in state prisons, 10 percent are in Federal prisons.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Butterfield highlights the distribution of incarcerated individuals between state and federal prisons.

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