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On the recordMay 27, 2019
So I--my congressional district includes Rikers Island, for example. All of the individuals held in Rikers Island, many held without being found guilty of a crime, are counted at Rikers and not counted in the communities that they actually live in.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Ocasio-Cortez discusses the counting of incarcerated individuals for Census purposes.

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