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Alchen [17]
3 years ago
14

The cost of prison in dollars and lives

English
2 answers:
neonofarm [45]3 years ago
4 0
In the us 80 billion dollar
tresset_1 [31]3 years ago
3 0
In the US...
80 billion dollars a year
2.3 million people are currently incarcerated
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