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America is dramatically "overincarcerated" by world standards, but legislators fear political blowback if they release even low-level offenders.
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America is dramatically "overincarcerated" by world standards, but legislators fear political blowback if they release even low-level offenders.
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Lisa Graybill, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union in Texas, said that depriving prisoners of meals is less "impactful," in terms of saving money, compared to releasing some of the low-level offenders in the "overincarcerated" jail system.
CNN.com 2011
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Until we do that, we will continue to be undereducated and overincarcerated. "
Chicago Reader 2010
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