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Report: Virginia's Prisons, Jails Overburdened by Nonviolent Drug Offenders

Virginia should decriminalize drug-related behavior and treat drug abuse as a public health issue, while increasing educational resources and opportunities in low-income communities of color in order to improve public safety and lower the state's prison population, according to a recent report from the Washington, D.C.-based Justice Policy Institute (JPI). ...

 

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