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Study: $45m to Mississippi Private Prisons at Expense of Educational Spending

Date
May 19, 2002
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Massive spending on Mississippi private prisons has siphoned badly needed funds away from classrooms and students, leaving higher education appropriations stagnant and African Americans shouldering the burden, according to a new report released today by OSI Criminal Justice Initiative grantee Grassroots Leadership.

Read the full news release and the report (Education v. Incarceration: A Mississippi Case Study) on the Grassroots leadership website.

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