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Prison spending bleeds education system

Date: April 7, 2011

Authors: Benjamin Todd Jealous and Roderick "Rod" R. Paige

QUOTE: As prison populations have grown, prison spending has squeezed out spending on education... The "tough on crime" approach to sentencing disproportionately punishes poor and minority communities -- African Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses at 10 times the rate of their white counterparts.

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Key People:

• Gov. Edmund "Jerry" G. Brown Jr. Esq.
• Grover N. Norquist
• Gov. Robert "Bob" F. McDonnell Esq.
• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Key Organizations:

• Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)
• Cable News Network LP, LLLP (CNN)
• NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Education
• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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