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Funding Shortage Causes Prison Overcrowding

Funding Shortage Causes Prison Overcrowding By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Department of Justice will spend $6.6 billion this year to stack drug dealers, addicts, shooters, and illegal immigrants like Lego blocks in prisons that are overcrowded, understaffed and barely safe, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office. […]