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Growing prison populations strain cash strapped states
The AP reports U S prison totals grew again in 200? despite lower crime, costing about 40 billion annually to federal and state systems. Drug offenders dominate federal inmate counts while states pilot treatment programs to curb growth amid budget crises.
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America
Will Harrell
Texas American Civil Liberties Union
Justice Department
Bureau of Prisons
Larry Thompson
Sentencing Project
National Conference of State Legislatures
Jason Zeidenberg
Justice Policy Institute
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Ohio
Midwest
Rose Braz
Critical Resistance
Maine
Rhode Island