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On the recordSeptember 18, 2013
The Department of Justice currently spends a third of its budget housing prisoners, and the Bureau of Prisons population continues to grow, consuming even more taxpayer dollars every year.
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Bob Goodlatte
Republican · Virginia

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Goodlatte highlights the financial burden of the growing prison population on taxpayer dollars.

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