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Bobby Scott: “Unnecessarily locking up people wastes money that could be put to better use.”

On the recordJuly 14, 2014
Unnecessarily locking up people wastes money that could be put to better use.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott argues that excessive incarceration is financially wasteful.

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