On the recordJune 14, 2021
80 billion a year to keep roughly 2.3 million people incarcerated in a system that is neither rehabilitative, nor restorative, is a true waste not only of money, but of human potential.
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Jayapal criticizes the high cost of incarceration without rehabilitation.
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