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On the recordMarch 4, 1999
We talk about this being an emergency. Think of the fact that 82 percent of the men and women in our prisons around this country are high school dropouts.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the education levels of incarcerated individuals.

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