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The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.

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Studies have shown that inmate participation in education, vocational and job training, prison work skills development, drug abuse, mental health and other treatment programs, all reduce recidivism, significantly.
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Drug Health Jobs Mental Skills
Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs.
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College Education Mean
In fact, the Harvard study data indicates that 70 percent of African American children attend schools that are predominately African American, about the same level as in 1968 when Dr. King died.
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Children Country Kings Percent School
Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime.
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Chance Fighting Second Someone Stabbed Years
In the Brown decision, the United States Supreme Court unanimously struck down the legal and moral footing of racially segregated public education in this country.
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Country Decision Education Segregation
It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Civil Rights Act.
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Hippie Importance Rights
While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in the hands of children or others who would use them improperly, we must also be aware that these same drugs have legitimate uses.
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Children Drug Ensure Hands Precursors
Obviously, there has to be a profound change in direction. Otherwise, interest on the national debt will start eating up virtually every penny that we have.
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Debt Ice Cream Profound
We live in an information and knowledge-based economy.
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Economy Information Knowledge
We can play politics, or we can reduce crime.
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Crime Play Politics
There is nothing Federal about local volunteer fire departments.
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Department Fire Volunteer
So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.
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Educational Opportunity Struggle
I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second.
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Cutting Second Social Thinking Worrying
The Federal prison population has increased more than 7-fold over the past 20 years.
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Past Population Prison Years
The destinies of the two races in this country are indissolubly linked together, and the interests of both require that the common government of all shall not permit the seeds of race hate to be planted under the sanction of law.
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Country Destiny Government Hate Sanction
No one should be denied the opportunity to get an education and increase their earning potential based solely on their inability to pay for a college education.
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College Education Opportunity

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