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David Cicilline: “One in five individuals who are incarcerated are incarcerated awaiting trial. That ought to shock and alarm everyone in…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2019
One in five individuals who are incarcerated are incarcerated awaiting trial. That ought to shock and alarm everyone in this country.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Cicilline highlights the alarming rate of pretrial incarceration in the U.S.

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