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Philly’s Number One! But Not in a Good Way…
Diana Lind | Mon, Jun 9th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Philadelphia | Tags: new york city, philadelphia, economy, diana lind, jobs, money, budget, incarcarations, prison, number one, prisons | 0
As Karen Heller writes today on Philly.com — Philadelphia leads the country in percentage of citizens incarcerated. Read on to find out why prisons are a booming industry, how many grams of cocaine you could fit in a sugar packet, and why keeping a prisoner in jail is about the cost of a year’s tuition at a fancy college.
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